Nutrition Feedback

Hello!

I recently signed up for Connect+ in order to gain access to the Nutrition feature. Having also purchased an Index S2, being able to have everything in one place is a plus.

However, my experience so far while attempting to move over from Cronometer, is that I feel like I'm paying Garmin to be a beta tester, as the feature definitely feels unfinished and lacking in some important areas:

  • I've had at least 2 barcodes scan as the wrong flavour/variety of the product. (Vanilla Muscle Milk from Dollarama scanned as Chocolate, a Grab & Go Stack of Salt & Vinegar Pringles scanned as Sour Cream & Onion)
  • There is no ability to scan the nutrition label to auto-fill a missing food like there is in Cronometer
  • There is no "community database" to submit foods to, which in conjunction with the nutrition label scanning in Cronometer is a huge factor in their comprehensive database
  • No ability to set different targets for different days of the week
  • No BMR + activity level calculation, only a "fixed number of calories" with the option to add activity calories to the goal. 
  • No ability to set a fixed target for some macros and leave he others variable

I hope that this feedback will be taken into account and we'll start to see such key functionality arriving soon, as I'm very much a fan of having all my activity and nutrition data all in one ecosystem 

  • Agree.

    Also, many barcodes are unlinked, most for local or artisan foods. It is like the approach pushes the folks towars industrial and highly processed alternatives.

    Most of thumbnails are missing.

    A community database with moderation/verification seems a must.

    There is no snack option. ??

    All seems like a stub, will Garmin explain the roadmap? The pricing is similar to much more mature services. 

  • Adding on:
    - No fiber or other nutrient tracking

    - Weird bug with needing to set activity level to 'sedentary' to auto adjust calories

    -Weird fractions (just set it to 1g/1oz and enter a number)

  • On the activity level - it took me a while to figure out this one (as there is no guidance).

    • You can work on 4-week average calories (every day your target is the same, doesn't matter the exercise - it is accounted for in your 4-week average activities). OR
    • Daily excercise-adjusted where your calory target varies from day to day based on that day's exercise. For this one you need to use "sedentary" + activity adjusted.
  • I cant figure out how to fix wrong data. Many times now I have scanned a barcode and it comes up with the name but the calories are off by 10 to 20 calories or the I cant change the serving size to get it to come out to the same as rhe label. I also cant change the mocros if they are wrong. I have been using calAI for almost a year and the subscription is almost over so I wanted to try garmin but so far its not as nice fo use. Also with calai I can "fix result" if when I take a picture and it says beef but it's venison I just tell the app that its venison and it corrects the macros.  Also it sucks I cant take a picture and scan it from my gallery it has to be taken at the time of. There are some things that need to be fixed if im going to pay more than calAI because that app seems to work better