Beta 3.7 — better food numbers, from Indian food tables

Beta 3.7 is about one thing you told us: the food numbers were too vague. A plate of vada sambar showed 200–400 kcal, which doesn't help anyone.

Measured Indian food data

FITOS now has 1,775 foods, up from 667. They come from:

• IFCT 2017, the Indian Food Composition Tables from the National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR): raw Indian foods measured across six regions — grains, dals, vegetables, fruit, milk, paneer, meat, fish and oils;
• the Indian Nutrient Databank (INDB 2024): Indian recipes, per piece or per bowl;
• UK CoFID 2021: foods measured as eaten, including Indian dishes. FITOS also uses it to check its own estimates;
• USDA FoodData Central, as before.

We left out what didn't add up. INDB counts all the oil in the pan for its fried recipes, so those aren't in yet. Any food whose calories don't match its own protein, carbs and fat is out too.

Tighter ranges

• No food is shown with a range wider than ±20 % around its middle. Vada sambar is now 336–478 kcal.
• The VIT mess estimates are tighter too. Dishes like biryani, dal tadka, sambar, curd and rice are checked against measured data.

One number

FITOS now shows one number: about 330 kcal, about 14 g protein. That's on Eat, Home, TODAY, the mess menu and in the food guide.

• The range is a tap away. Tap a logged item, or open a food, to see it and where the numbers come from.
• Your targets still use the full range, so "on target" stays honest.
• Every source is credited. Each food is badged with where it's from, and Profile → About → Food data sources lists them all.

Plain milk and paneer

You can now log plain milk (whole, toned, double toned) and paneer, and tick them in Ask FITOS AI what to eat. Search also finds the plain food first: "milk" gives milk before milk cake.

Getting it

Download beta 3.7. It installs over beta 3.6 and keeps all your data. Foods you've already logged keep the numbers they were logged with.