Protein Pal Pro
Scan your food for protein
Snap a photo of any meal or scan a barcode and Protein Pal tells you the protein content in seconds, then logs it against your daily goal in one tap. No labels to read, no guessing.
Scanning is currently an iPhone feature. On Android, Protein Pal tracks your protein with fast manual logging.
How the Protein Scanner Works
From photo to logged protein in seconds.
- Step 1
Snap a photo or scan a barcode
Point your camera at any meal: home cooking, restaurant plates, or snacks. Packaged food? Scan the barcode and the protein comes straight off the label (US, UK, Canada and Australia).
- Step 2
AI identifies every food
Protein Pal spots each food on your plate and works out the protein content, drawing on the same standard nutrition databases behind our food guides.
- Step 3
Logged toward your goal
One tap adds the whole meal to your daily total. Your running protein number updates instantly, on the widget too, so you always know where you stand.
One number, front and center
Most scanner apps resolve every scan to a calorie count with protein buried in the details. Protein Pal flips that. Every scan answers the question that decides your results: how much protein, and how close are you to today's goal.
- gProtein per food, itemized. See what each food on the plate contributes, so you learn which foods carry your day and which are just passengers.
- ✓Straight to your goal. Every scan updates your daily progress instantly. Set your target with our free protein calculator if you don't know it yet.
- ★Favorites make repeat meals instant. Scan a meal once, save it, and logging it again is a single tap. Most people's daily logging settles into favorites within a week.
Today's Protein
Goal 130g
123g of 130g
+61g from this scanFoods Detected
One photo, 61g logged. You're 7g from today's goal with dinner still to come.
Eat this bowl often? Save it as a favorite and next time logging it takes one tap, no scan needed.