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title: "Log one or more foods"
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# Log one or more foods

You can log foods to any day, meal, snack, or supplement. Complete the steps in this article to log individual foods or to log several foods using the Multi-Add feature.

**Tip:**To track the water you drink, see [Track water consumption](/docs/en/track-water-consumption).**Tip:**To quickly log nutrients for a new food that isn’t in our database and that you haven’t [created](/docs/en/create-custom-foods), see [Log and create new foods quickly](/docs/en/log-and-create-new-foods-quickly).**Tip:** You can also log foods by [scanning barcodes](/docs/en/log-foods-by-scanning-barcodes-and-snapping-pictures) with the mobile app, [snapping pictures](/docs/en/log-foods-by-scanning-barcodes-and-snapping-pictures) with the mobile app, [speaking](/docs/en/log-foods-by-speaking) into the mobile app ([Premium feature](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium)), and [copying daily log entries](/docs/en/copy-and-move-daily-log-entries).

## Watch: How to log food

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## Log individual foods

This section describes how to log one or more foods after viewing or changing each food’s details, such as serving size or nutrition information.

1. Web app users: Go to the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log**.**Tip:**The daily log opens to today’s date. To log an item to a different date, select a date from the top of the screen. For more information, see [View any day in the daily log](/docs/en/view-any-day-in-the-daily-log).
2. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add.svg) **Add Item** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add-food-btn.svg) **Add Food**. In the screen that opens, Carb Manager selects the meal or snack that is closest to the current time of day, but you can select a different meal type from the list at the bottom of the screen.**Tip:**You can also go to the section in the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log** for the type of meal that you want to log, such as Breakfast, and select the **Add Food** button.**Tip:** You can also select ![](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/meals.svg) **Meals** in the main menu to choose from your foods in My Foods. **Tip:**If you’re a [Premium member](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium), you can change the time that a meal, snack, or supplement occurs. For details, see [Set time ranges for meals, snacks, and supplements](/v1/docs/set-time-ranges-for-meals-snacks-and-supplements).
3. In the food selection screen, [find a food](/docs/en/find-foods-recipes-and-meals)that you want to log.**Tip:**If you can’t find a food that you want to log, create a new food. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/more-options-vertical.svg) **Options** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/custom-add.svg) **Create Food**. For details, see [Create custom foods](/docs/en/create-custom-foods).
4. Select a food to open its detail screen.
5. In the Servings section of the food’s detail screen, enter or select the number of **Servings**.**Tip:** To enter part of a whole serving, either enter a decimal in the **Servings** field, such as **.5**, or select a fraction from the list, such as **1/2**. In the mobile app, if you only want to select whole and partial servings from a list instead of entering numbers, select **Switch to Selector**.
6. Optional: To change any of the food’s nutrient values, select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/more-options-vertical.svg) **Options** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/edit.svg) **Quick Edit Nutrients**, enter a value for one or more nutrients, then select **Save Changes**. Carb Manager saves the changes to that food for your account.**Note:**For more information about editing nutrients, including how to reset changes you made, see [View and edit nutrition information in foods, recipes, and meals](/docs/en/view-and-edit-nutrition-information-in-foods-recipes-and-meals).
7. Optional: To see more options, select **Show Advanced**, then do any of the following steps.
  - [Premium members](/docs/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium): if you [enabled meal goals](https://carbmanager.document360.io/docs/set-meal-goals), select **% of Day** or **% of Meal** to view the food's macros as a percentage of the goals for your day or meal. Carb Manager updates the chart near the top of the screen.
  - To automatically log the food to another day in addition to the current day, select an option from the **Repeat** list. For details, see [Log recurring food automatically](/docs/en/log-recurring-food-automatically).
  - To log the food to a different day instead of the current day, select a **Date**.
  - To change the time that will be logged with the food, which is only available if you turned on the setting to [track meal times](/docs/en/track-meal-times), enter a **Time**.
8. Select **Add** to add the food to the daily log.
9. Optional: If you are [fasting](/docs/en/working-with-fasting) and try to log food during a fasting window, select **Continue Logging & Keep Fasting** or **Log food & break my fast now**.**Tip:**To change the food's timestamp to a time within your eating window, select **Cancel** to return to the food's detail screen, select **Show Advanced**, and select a different **Date** or **Time**. Then, select **Add** to log the food.
10. Optional: To find and log another food, repeat the previous steps.
11. Select **X** to close the food selection screen.

The daily log displays each food that you logged and a summary of each food’s nutrition.

## Log multiple foods from a list

This section describes how to use the Multi-Add feature to quickly log more than one food without needing to view or change each food’s details, such as serving size and nutrition information.

1. Web app users: Go to the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log**.**Tip:**The daily log opens to today’s date. To log an item to a different date, select a date from the top of the screen. For more information, see [View any day in the daily log](/docs/en/view-any-day-in-the-daily-log).
2. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add.svg) **Add Item** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add-food-btn.svg) **Add Food**. In the screen that opens, Carb Manager selects the meal or snack that is closest to the current time of day, but you can select a different meal type from the list at the bottom of the screen.**Tip:**You can also go to the section in the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log** for the type of meal that you want to log, such as Breakfast, and select the **Add Food** button.**Tip:** You can also select ![](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/meals.svg) **Meals** in the main menu to choose from your foods in My Foods. **Tip:**If you’re a [Premium member](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium), you can change the time that a meal, snack, or supplement occurs. For details, see [Set time ranges for meals, snacks, and supplements](/doc/en/set-time-ranges-for-meals-snacks-and-supplements).
3. In the food selection screen, select the **+ Add**button next to each food that you want to add to the daily log.**Tip:**If the serving size of a food in the list doesn’t match the amount you consumed, add the food as it is now, then once you're finished adding multiple items, edit the food’s portion size from the daily log, as described in [Edit daily log entries](/docs/en/edit-daily-log-entries). If you edit the item from the food selection screen while Multi-Add mode is on, Multi-Add mode will turn off. You can select the food, change its details, and add the food to the daily log, but Multi-Add mode will turn off. Repeat the previous step to turn on Multi-Add mode again.**Tip:**Your food lists are in the following locations. For more details, see [Find foods, recipes, and meals](/docs/en/find-foods-recipes-and-meals).

  - Select the **All**and use the filter button to narrow results to **Brands**or **Common Foods.**
  - Select the **Favorites** tab, then select **Previously Logged**or**Recently Viewed** to narrow the list of foods.
  - Select **My Foods**and **My Custom Foods**to view your custom food items.
4. Optional: If you are [fasting](/docs/en/working-with-fasting) and try to log food during a fasting window, select **Continue Logging & Keep Fasting** or **Log food & break my fast now**.**Tip:**To change the food's timestamp to a time within your eating window, select **Cancel** to return to the food's detail screen, select **Show Advanced**, and select a different **Date** or **Time**. Then, select **Add** to log the food.
5. If you are done logging foods, select **Close**at the bottom of the screen to close the food selection screen.