FunTastyQ food database
Picking the right type helps you find food faster and keeps the Ingredients, Products and Prepared meals views clear for everyone.
Open the food databaseAn unprocessed or minimally processed food, with no packaging or brand.
Examples: An apple, chicken breast, an egg, flour, or a boiled potato.
When to pick it: Pick this when you're entering one ordinary food item, not a specific store product.
A packaged product bought from a store, with a manufacturer name or barcode.
Examples: Pilos Skyr, Leibur rye bread, or Alma milk.
When to pick it: Pick this when you're reading nutrition facts off a package. If there's a barcode, scan it — that lets us pre-fill the data and avoids duplicate products.
A ready-made meal you bought, which usually has no packaging barcode.
Examples: A Hesburger burger, McDonald's fries, or a salad from a deli counter.
When to pick it: Pick this when someone else already made the dish and you don't know, or can't enter, its ingredients separately.
A dish you made yourself, with known ingredients.
Examples: Homemade pancake batter, oven-roasted chicken with vegetables, or your own porridge.
When to pick it: Pick a recipe when you want to add ingredients and amounts. That way FunTastyQ can calculate the dish's nutrition, and the recipe is easy to reuse later.
Did you make the food yourself and know the ingredients?
Yes → create a recipe.
Is it a packaged product you bought at a store?
Yes → pick product, and scan the barcode if you can.
Is it a ready-made meal, e.g. from a restaurant or a counter?
Yes → pick prepared meal.
Is it one ordinary unbranded food item?
Yes → pick ingredient.
Ingredients, products and prepared meals end up in different views in the FunTastyQ database. If a packaged product ends up under Ingredients, it's harder for others to find the right entry, and the same product gets added over and over.
A recipe is separate because its nutrition comes from its ingredients. A "recipe" created with a simple macro form wouldn't later give you either the ingredients or a reliable calculation.
If you're unsure, prefer product for packaged goods and try scanning the barcode. For a ready-made restaurant or counter meal, pick prepared meal.
Noticed a food with the wrong type in the database? Let us know — every correction makes search better for everyone.