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url: https://mangia-app.com/en/nutrition-balance
title: Nutrition balance — plants, meat, seasonal — mangia
description: How balanced does your family really eat? mangia measures plant diversity, meat consumption and seasonal share from your weekly plan — no tracking.
locale: en
type: use-case
app_url: https://mangia-app.com/app-laden
alternate_languages:
  de: https://mangia-app.com/ernaehrungs-bilanz
  fr: https://mangia-app.com/fr/bilan-alimentaire
  it: https://mangia-app.com/it/bilancio-alimentare
  es: https://mangia-app.com/es/balance-alimentacion
---
# Nutrition balance — plants, meat, seasonal — mangia

> How balanced does your family really eat? mangia measures plant diversity, meat consumption and seasonal share from your weekly plan — no tracking.

## How balanced does your family really eat?

Plant diversity, meat consumption, seasonal share — mangia measures three values automatically from your weekly plan. No journal, no tracking.

## Three metrics, directly from your weekly plan.

You plan your week — mangia automatically calculates three values from your recipes: how many different plant types you ate, how much meat per person, and how seasonal your meals were. No extra input, no app-within-an-app. Just an honest view of your week.

## Features

### Plant diversity
The WHO recommends 30 different plant types per week for a healthy gut microbiome. mangia counts how many you reached — vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, grains.

### Meat consumption without moralising
How many grams of meat per person per week did you eat? The DGE gives a guideline (max. 300 g processed meat per week). mangia shows you where you stand — without judgement.

### Seasonal share
How much of what you eat is actually in season in your region right now? mangia marks seasonal ingredients per recipe and gives you a weekly value.

## Frequently asked

**Do I have to enter calories or nutrients?**

No. mangia doesn't need any extra input — it reads your planned recipes to see which ingredients you had and calculates the balance from there. You're planning anyway — the analysis comes by itself.

**How does mangia calculate plant diversity?**

mangia counts the number of unique plant types in your recipes per week. Tomatoes in three different dishes count as one. The WHO recommendation of 30 plant types per week is a guideline for gut microbiome health (Spector et al., 2022).

**Where does the seasonal data come from?**

The seasonal calendar is based on the Swiss seasonal calendar (outdoor + stored) according to WWF/FOAG. There are separate calendars for DE, AT, FR, IT and ES. Tropical fruits are treated as non-seasonal; legumes, grains and nuts are excluded.

**Does the meat guideline apply to everyone?**

The DGE recommends max. 300 g processed meat per person per week as a guideline. mangia shows you the value without comment — you decide what to do with it.

**Where do I see the balance in the app?**

In the weekly plan view under the 'Balance' tab. The analysis appears once you've planned meals — one week is enough.

## Related

- **[Cooking seasonally](/saisonal)** — The seasonal calendar is built directly into mangia — no extra searching.
- **[Recommended order](/empfohlene-sortierung)** — Balance gaps land right at the top of your recipe list — matching recipes come first.

## Plan simply. Assess honestly.

No input, no tracking — just your weekly plan.

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