Nutritional calculation

Calculate accurate 
nutritional values for every product in your range

Food Trace is nutrition calculator software that calculates nutritional information per 100g and per serving for every product across your supplier base using data from McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods. Support front-of-pack labelling, calorie labelling compliance and allergen reporting without manual spreadsheets.

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Nutrition summary - Beef Wellington

Per 100g normalised · 7 ingredients
Energy
Per 100g
864 kJ / 206 kcal
Protein
Per 100g
18.4g
Carbohydrate
of which sugars 0.8g
9.2g
Fat
of which saturates 4.1g
11.6 g
50k+
UK foods
M&W
Database
1-click
CSV export

How Food Trace works

How our nutrition calculator software works

Food Trace uses the McCance & Widdowson food composition database the UK's most comprehensive nutritional reference to calculate values automatically from your product ingredient data.

Build & calculate

Add ingredients and get instant nutritional breakdowns per 100g and per serving

Enter your product ingredients and quantities into the Food Trace Recipe Builder and the system calculates a full nutritional breakdown instantly covering energy (kJ and kcal), protein, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, sugars, fibre, sodium and more. Values are normalised per 100g and calculated per serving size, ready for front-of-pack labelling and nutritional declarations.

  • Full macro and micronutrient breakdown per 100g and per serving
  • Energy in both kJ and kcal — compliant with UK labelling regulations
  • Powered by McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods database
Nutrition calculator software showing automatic per 100g breakdown
Export & report

Export nutritional summaries with one click for labelling and compliance reporting

Every nutritional calculation in Food Trace is exportable as a CSV with a single click ready to feed into your front-of-pack labelling workflow, nutritional declarations, retailer portals or point-of-sale systems. With calorie labelling now mandatory for large out-of-home food businesses in England, Food Trace ensures your nutritional data is always accurate, current and audit-ready.

  • One-click CSV export of full nutritional summary
  • Supports calorie labelling compliance for out-of-home food businesses
  • Retailer and food service portal-ready nutritional data formats
Nutrition calculator software one click CSV export for labelling

The results

What nutritional calculation
delivers for your team

50k

+

UK reference foods

Food Trace draws on more than 50,000 UK foods in the McCance & Widdowson database, giving you comprehensive coverage for even complex multi-ingredient recipes.

100

%

UK labelling compliant

Every nutritional value is calculated in line with UK labelling regulations, including energy in both kJ and kcal, ready for front-of-pack declarations.

1

-click

CSV export

Every nutritional calculation exports to CSV in a single click, ready to feed your labelling workflow, retailer portals or point-of-sale systems.

* Based on Food Trace customer data.

Explore the platform

Related platform features

Recipe management

Build and manage product recipes nutritional calculations are generated automatically from your recipe data.

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Allergen & spec management

Manage allergen declarations alongside nutritional data all linked to the same product and recipe records.

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New product development

Nutritional calculations feed directly into your NPD workflow from first spec through to approved product.

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FAQs

Nutrition calculator software FAQs

Where does the nutritional data come from?

Food Trace uses the McCance & Widdowson food composition database the UK's most comprehensive nutritional reference to calculate values automatically from your product ingredient data.

Do I need to enter nutritional values manually?

No. Enter your product ingredients and quantities into the Recipe Builder and Food Trace calculates a full nutritional breakdown instantly, covering energy, protein, fat, saturates, carbohydrate, sugars, fibre and sodium.

Is the data compliant with UK labelling regulations?

Yes. Energy is provided in both kJ and kcal, and values are normalised per 100g and per serving, ready for front-of-pack labelling and nutritional declarations.

Can I export the nutritional data?

Yes. Every nutritional calculation exports to CSV with a single click, ready to feed into your labelling workflow, retailer portals or point-of-sale systems.

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