The DeficitPhotograph the label. Log your portion.
A food label gives you something a plate photo cannot: nutrition values supplied for that product. The Deficit can read a clear label photo and use the portion you describe to create a food entry.
Photograph the useful parts
Include the nutrition panel, serving size and package weight. The product name helps too. Avoid glare and cropped columns. If those details are on opposite sides, provide another photo or type the missing amount.
“Log half of this” needs a whole
If the package weighs 400 grams and you ate half, your portion is 200 grams. If the label lists 150 calories per 100 grams, that portion works out to 300 calories. This is an illustrative calculation, not the nutrition of the packaging pictured here.
If the label lists values per serving instead, the agent needs to use that serving basis. Half a package and half a serving are not necessarily the same. A clear package weight or number of servings prevents that ambiguity.
Check the result before moving on
Review the product, portion and nutrition shown in your food log. Labels can be blurry, regional formulations can differ, and AI can misread a number. Correct a value or portion if necessary. Label-based calculation is not a promise of perfect nutritional accuracy.
What if I do not have the label?
You can name the product and let the agent look for nutrition information, or photograph the meal for an estimate. Those methods are useful, but should not be confused with calculating from the label on the package you actually ate.
Read next: what a photo of your plate can—and cannot—tell you.
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