The order Kae checks

For every food, Kae starts with the strongest source it can find and only moves down when it has to:

1. The product label. From the barcode or a photo of the label. When a label exists, Kae uses it as is.
2. Saudi FDA (SFDA) data for products registered in Saudi Arabia.
3. USDA food data for basic foods like rice, chicken and fruit, matched to how it was cooked.
4. The restaurant's own menu, when the restaurant publishes calories.
5. A recipe for home dishes like kabsa or jareesh, built from its ingredients.
6. Community foods added by other users, marked unverified.
7. A careful estimate only when nothing above fits. It's always marked as an estimate.

See the source

Tap any meal to open it. You'll see each part of the meal, where each number came from, and how sure Kae is (high, medium or low).

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What's hard to get right

• Oil, butter and sauces. A camera can't see how much oil went into the pan. This is the most common reason an estimate comes out low.
• Big and shared plates. Large portions are easier to underestimate. A shared tray of kabsa is harder than a single plate.
• Raw vs cooked. 150 g of cooked rice is about 195 kcal. The same weight counted as raw rice would be about 550. Kae matches the cooked form unless you say otherwise.
• Forgotten extras. The coffee, the dates, the second helping. A perfect number for an incomplete day is still incomplete.

Get better results

• Say the amount: “a medium plate”, “two pieces”, “330 ml can”.
• Say how it was cooked: “fried”, “grilled”, “with a spoon of ghee”.
• Add drinks and sides on their own lines.
• Scan the barcode for packaged food instead of typing it.
• For restaurants, write the restaurant name with the dish.

Fix a number

If something looks off, open the meal and change the portion or the ingredients, or tap “Numbers wrong? Report it”. Reports come to me directly, and fixes for common foods help everyone. How to fix a meal →

Limits

Kae is for everyday awareness, not medical precision. Don't use it to dose insulin or manage a clinical diet. Look at your trend over a few weeks, not one day.

Last updated October 14, 2026