Every calorie tracker we tried was built for the West. The food database had no dal. The BMI chart called healthy Indians overweight by the wrong standard. We built NutritionTracker.in to fix that.
Most apps have zero entries for idli, poha, or sambar. You end up logging "rice" and guessing the rest. That's not tracking — that's fiction.
The Western BMI chart says 24.9 is healthy. But South Asian research shows Indians face metabolic risk from BMI 23. Using the wrong chart gives you a false sense of safety.
TDEE formulas were built on Western populations. Indians on average have lower muscle mass and different metabolic rates — a one-size-fits-all calculator will be off.
A suite of free tools calibrated to Indian bodies, Indian food, and Indian research — no login, no paywall.
Our food database draws from the Indian Council of Medical Research and National Institute of Nutrition tables — the gold standard for Indian food composition data.
BMI cutoffs follow the WHO Expert Consultation on BMI for Asian Populations (2004) and subsequent Indian-specific research from AIIMS and PGI Chandigarh.
TDEE and metabolic formulas are cross-referenced against South Asian cohort studies published in The Lancet, JAPI, and Indian Journal of Endocrinology.
Indians who eat home-cooked meals and need accurate data for dal, roti, sabzi, and rice dishes
People told they're "overweight" by Western BMI charts and want an accurate Indian-standard assessment
Anyone whose doctor has asked them to track calories but every app feels built for someone else
Fitness beginners who want simple, jargon-free tools that just work
NRIs and diaspora who still eat Indian food and want nutrition data that reflects it
Anyone tired of paying for apps that don't have idli in their food database
Every calculator, every food lookup, every tool on this site is free — no account required, no paywall, no trial that expires. We cover costs through non-intrusive advertising.
We don't sell detox plans, miracle supplements, or crash diets. Every recommendation we make is backed by peer-reviewed research and standard clinical guidelines.
When new research emerges on South Asian nutrition or metabolic health, we update our calculators to reflect it. This site will always be built around Indian bodies — not adapted from Western defaults.
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