How To Use Carbs Calculator / Bread Units Calculator

User Guide
November 20, 2021

Carbs Calculator or Bread Units Calculator is used to automatically calculate the total amount of Bread Units, carbs and calories during a meal.

In this guide, the screenshots are shown for the case of measuring carbohydrates in Bread Units (BU), but the carbohydrate calculator can also be used for measuring carbohydrates in grams. The screens will look the same, you will see ‘grams' just instead of ‘BU’.

This feature could be used in two cases:

When entering carbohydrates or calories on the metrics entry screen

When creating a product card in the food database

Calculation of carbohydrates during meal

The first use of the Carbs Calculator is for routinely calculating carbohydrates during meal, such as breakfast.

Input screen of the Beetis app with carbohydrates selected

Press "Carbs" on the main metrics screen

At the bottom of the input screen in the Beetis app, the calculator icon is highlighted

Press the calculator icon - list of the products will be displayed

Beetis app food search screen. The search bar contains a partial product name, and the results show matching products. The desired product is marked with a check mark.

Search and pick required products from the list

Beetis app food search screen. The right arrow button to proceed to the next step is highlighted.

Press the arrow button below

Beetis app carbs calculator screen. A product weight is entered to calculate the amount of carbs in the product.

Enter the product weight - Bread Units or carbs are calculated automatically

Beetis app carbs calculator screen. Carbs in the product are entered to calculate the product weight.

Vice versa, if you enter the Bread Units or carbs, then the product weight will be calculated

Beetis app carbs calculator screen. At the bottom, the calculated total amount of carbohydrate units for all added products is highlighted.

Total calculated number of Bread Units or carbs is displayed at the bottom of the screen

Beetis app carbs calculator screen. In the top right corner, the plus icon for adding a new dish to the product directory and the checkmark for saving data are highlighted.

You can save a new dish in the food database with the data entered.

If you entered the ingredients of a new dish, tap the plus symbol, otherwise – confirm the data entered by clicking checkmark at the top right.

Metrics input screen of the Beetis app. Carbohydrates amount copied from the carbs calculator.

Total calculated number of carbs is displayed at the main screen

At the bottom of the metrics input screen in the Beetis app, the calculator icon is highlighted and the calculated carbohydrates are displayed.

The measurement session can be edited by clicking on the calculator icon again

Carbs calculator screen in the Beetis app. The 'delete product' and 'add product' buttons are highlighted.

You can add a product from the directory to the calculator or delete a product by clicking on the "+" or "-" buttons

Carbohydrates Calculation When Creating a New Dish

The second case of Carbs Calculator usage – when creating a product card in the food database.

Let's say you are preparing a complex dish from various ingredients, for example, salad. You will need some tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, onion and olive oil.

Food database screen in the Beetis app. The '+' symbol at the bottom of the screen is highlighted to add a new dish.

Open the food database and press the "add product" button

Add dish dialog in the Beetis app. The 'dish' option is highlighted to open the carbs calculator.

Press the "dish" to use Carbs Calculator in the appeared dialog

Product search screen in the Beetis app. The search bar contains a partial product name, and the results show matching items. The desired product is marked with a checkmark. At the bottom right, an arrow icon is highlighted to proceed to the next step.

Search and pick required products from the list, press the arrow button below

Beetis carbs calculator / bread units calculator screen. The screen lists the ingredients of a dish, and the carbs are calculated based on their weight.

Enter the weight of the consumed food and get the calculated Bread Units or carbs

Beetis carbs calculator / bread units calculator screen. At the bottom of the screen, the 'Weight after cooking' field is highlighted and can be edited.

Weigh the resulting dish and adjust the total weight if necessary, since the final weight of the dish is not always equal to the sum of its components

Beetis carbs calculator / bread units calculator screen. In the top right corner, the plus symbol is highlighted for adding a new dish.

Save the calculator by clicking on the plus symbol in the upper right

Beetis product details screen. The composition per 100 g of product is shown: bread units, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and calories.

The composition of the new dish (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, calories) is calculated automatically per 100 g of the product

Beetis product details screen. Product name input field.

Enter the new dish name

Beetis product details screen. Checkmark in the top right corner is highlighted for saving data.

Save the new product card by clicking on the checkmark in the upper right