Ingredients are the building blocks of products, recipes and daily food logs. Whether you're adding pineapple, broccoli, or San Marzano tomatoes, Kanvie helps you understand exactly what you're eating, down to the nutrients, variations, and even your personal history with that ingredient.

What Is an Ingredient?

An ingredient in Kanvie represents a base food item (e.g., “Pineapple”) with different forms like:

Fresh Pineapple
Dried Pineapple
Canned Pineapple in Juice

Each form may have different nutritional values, which is why selecting the right one matters. We call these forms variants (you can also think of them as “types” or “versions”).

Customizing an Ingredient

When you view an ingredient, you can customize two things:

1. Amount + Unit

You can choose how much of the ingredient you're using, such as:

Grams
Milliliters
Cups / Tablespoons (if supported by that ingredient)

Kanvie will calculate all nutritional values based on the exact variant and amount you select.

2. Variant (Form of the Ingredient, If Available)

Examples include:

Fresh
Frozen
Dried
Canned
Cooked / Raw
Peeled / Unpeeled

Different variants have different densities, water content, vitamins, and calorie values.

What You See on the Ingredient Detail Page

When viewing an ingredient, Kanvie gives you everything you need at a glance:

1. Rule Violation Checks

If you've avoided this ingredient or avoided attributes that affect this ingredient (e.g. it being from animal origin or containing fish), Kanvie instantly tells you when the selected ingredient violates your rules.

Learn more about avoiding ingredients & attributes.

2. Calories Per Selected Amount

Kanvie calculates calories based on:

The amount you choose
The variant you choose (if present)

3. Full Nutritional Breakdown

This includes all macro- and micronutrients Kanvie knows about for that ingredient variant, such as:

Protein, Fat & Carbs
Fiber & Sugar
Vitamins and minerals (e.g., iron, vitamin C, potassium)
…and others

If Kanvie knows it, you see it.

4. Your Personal Ingredient History

By tapping History, you can see a log of the last times you've added this ingredient to your diary, including the amount you selected. By tapping an entry, you can either log it again as is, or paste it's amount into the current context window.