About FoodPips
FoodPips is a free food tracking tool that helps you lose weight by giving every food you eat a number. Eat fewer numbers. Lose weight.
How it works
Every food has a pip value, a single number that reflects its nutritional impact. Foods high in sugar and saturated fat have more pips. Foods high in protein have fewer. When you sign up, FoodPips calculates your daily pip target based on your current weight, goal weight, height, age, sex, and activity level.
Each day starts fresh. Log what you eat, stay under your target, and your weight will trend downward over time.
Green dots = pips within your daily target. Red = over your limit.
Free Foods
Some foods are marked FREE. These are whole foods like vegetables, fruits, and lean proteins that have zero pip value. You can eat them without affecting your daily total.
The pip formula
Pip values are calculated from the nutrition label of each food:
This rewards high-protein foods and penalizes foods high in sugar and saturated fat, nudging you toward choices that are filling and nutritionally solid.
What's in the app
Your daily pip count, today's food log, and a search box to add foods. Your frequently eaten foods appear below the search for quick access.
A monthly chart showing daily pips, weight, your pip target, and your goal weight. A calendar below shows each day's pip total and logged weight at a glance.
On days you go over your pip target, FoodPips notes which foods contributed most. The analysis page surfaces these patterns and suggests what to eat less of.
Food database
FoodPips uses the USDA FoodData Central database, a free public dataset maintained by the US Department of Agriculture. It includes thousands of whole foods and brand-name products with verified nutrition data. Pip values are calculated directly from that data.
Cost
FoodPips is free to use. No ads.
No credit card required. Takes about two minutes.
Create a free account