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This ultra-processed food tracker turns your diary into a readable trend: usable calories by NOVA group, daily history, and an internal product ranking to review. Unclassified data stays visible in a separate aggregate.
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See your diary split across NOVA groups, compare time periods, and review Nalko’s internal ranking of logged NOVA 2 to 4 products without treating it as a danger score.
See how usable calories from foods recorded as eaten split across NOVA 1, 2, 3, and 4, with a separate aggregate when the group is missing. Scheduled-only meals are not counted.
Compare 7 days, 1 month, or 1 year, then open recent daily detail instead of judging one isolated product.
Review up to ten NOVA 2 to 4 products. The ranking combines logged days, quantities, calorie weight on relevant days, and available data; it does not measure danger.
The aim is not a perfect day. It is to reveal repeated patterns and change one choice that meaningfully affects your routine.
Search or scan a product, check its entry, and record the amount actually eaten in the right meal.
Nalko uses an available product group. Simple foods from its own database are treated as NOVA 1; elsewhere, calculable calories without a group feed the “NOVA undefined” aggregate.
After several days, choose a frequent product and test a less processed option that still fits your calories, protein needs, and preferences.
NOVA describes the nature and purpose of processing. On its own, it does not measure nutritional quality, serving size, frequency, or the balance of a whole diet. A NOVA 4 product is not automatically forbidden.
The average shown by Nalko is an internal indicator weighted by calories associated with groups 1 to 4, not an official NOVA score. Usable calories without a group remain in a separate aggregate. Use this marker alongside calories, protein, fibre, variety, and adherence.
Nutri-Score summarizes a nutritional profile; NOVA classifies processing and formulation. The two perspectives can complement each other, but neither replaces serving size or the diet as a whole.
Read the guideNutri-Score summarizes a nutritional profile from A to E. It helps compare relevant alternatives, but it does not judge every aspect of a food or an entire diet.
Read the guideThe calculation balances points for energy, sugars, salt, and saturated fat against points for fiber, protein, and plant-based ingredients, with several special rules.
Read the guideEffective in France since March 16, 2025, the updated algorithm better distinguishes several food categories, tightens certain thresholds, and scores beverages differently, with a two-year transition.
Read the guideThe logo helps people compare nutritional profiles quickly. Its effect on real purchases is more modest, and it cannot predict an individual’s health by itself.
Read the guideNova classifies foods by the nature and purpose of their processing. Its four groups describe formulation without grading nutritional quality or an individual’s risk by themselves.
Read the guideFormulated sodas, extruded snacks, and certain ready-to-eat meals are common examples, but classification depends on the actual recipe. Here are the useful clues and pitfalls.
Read the guideRaters without detailed guidance sometimes classify the same foods differently, while trained coders achieve much higher agreement. Here is what that tension does—and does not—show.
Read the guideHigh intake is associated with several health risks, and certain ultra-processed diets promote greater energy intake. The evidence does not make every Nova 4 product dangerous by itself.
Read the guideProtein bars, shakes and ready meals can make a gym diet look disciplined while hiding how repetitive it has become. Here is a measured audit, not a food-purity test.
Read the guideProtein on the front label does not cancel the formulation on the back. Classify carefully, then judge the product by its role, nutrition and place in the full diet.
Read the guideNOVA 4 food does not switch off hypertrophy. The practical issue is whether a convenient product supports your calorie, protein and training plan or displaces too much of the diet.
Read the guideDo not remove every bar, shake and ready meal overnight. Preserve the function of each food, make the easiest high-impact swaps, and measure the result.
Read the guideUse one protein anchor, one convenient energy source and fruit or vegetables. Ten repeatable assemblies beat a folder of recipes you never cook.
Read the guideNo. NOVA classifies foods into four groups. Nalko uses an available group and calculates an internal diary average for tracking; that average is neither a certification nor an official health score.
For products with a usable group, Nalko uses that data. Simple foods in Nalko’s own database are treated as NOVA 1. For other entries without a group, calculable calories feed the “NOVA undefined” aggregate and do not enter the known-group average.
No. Start with frequent or substantial sources and test a sustainable swap. Calories, protein, fibre, variety, and the context of the meal still matter.
It highlights up to ten NOVA 2 to 4 products using an internal signal that combines logged days, quantities, calorie weight on relevant days, NOVA group, and available nutrition data. It is neither a clinical measure nor a list of the most dangerous foods.
The analysis uses foods actually logged with a quantity and usable calorie data. Scheduled-only meals, entries without usable nutrition data, and zero-calorie contributions do not affect the charts.
Scanning a pack answers a one-off question. A food diary answers a different one: how much space do ultra-processed foods occupy across several days, and which sustainable change would matter most?
Two foods do not contribute equally to a day. Nalko splits calculable calories from foods recorded as eaten across available groups; scheduled-only meals stay outside the analysis.
The average summarises known groups from 1 to 4 and weights them by calories. It helps compare your own diary over time; it does not reclassify a product or measure medical risk.
The list combines several diary and food-data signals to surface up to ten NOVA 2 to 4 products. It shows where to look first without medically ranking foods or proving that one product is dangerous.
Observe several days, choose a recurring source, and try an acceptable alternative. Then compare the NOVA breakdown, calories, and adherence before adding another restriction.
Log your meals, follow the NOVA breakdown and internal ranking across several days, and begin with one change you can genuinely keep.
