# Keto Tracking Built Around Carbs, Not Just Calories Set gram-level carbohydrate, fat, and protein targets, see the carb load of every ingredient in a meal, and get diet plans that start from keto instead of adapting to it. Keto lives or dies on one number, and most calorie trackers treat that number as an afterthought. A percentage split cannot express "stay under 30 grams of carbohydrate today" — it only tells you what share of your calories carbs took, which is a different question with a different answer every day. SlimAI Calorie Tracker lets you set your macro targets in grams, and shows the carbohydrate contribution of each ingredient rather than only the meal total. Eat smarter, not stricter. ## Why Percentage Macro Splits Fail on Keto A 5% carbohydrate target sounds precise until your calorie intake moves. At 1,800 calories that is roughly 22 grams; at 2,600 it is closer to 33. The percentage stayed the same and the thing you actually control changed by half again. Keto is run as a hard gram ceiling for a reason — the threshold that matters is absolute, not proportional. A tracker that only offers percentage splits forces you to do the conversion yourself every time your intake changes, which is exactly the kind of daily arithmetic that ends adherence. SlimAI lets you set your own daily calorie goal and gram-level protein, fat, and carbohydrate targets outright. You work to the number you actually work to, and the dashboard runs against it. ## Where the Carbs Actually Came From The hardest part of keto is not the obvious carbohydrate. It is the sauce, the marinade, the thickener, the handful of something that seemed harmless — the parts a single meal-level number hides completely. Every food you log in SlimAI opens a detail screen with an ingredient-level breakdown: each ingredient with its weight and its own calorie and macro contribution. When a meal comes back higher in carbohydrate than you expected, you can see which component did it instead of guessing. - **Per-ingredient macros:** Each ingredient carries its own carbohydrate, protein, and fat figures, so a hidden source is visible rather than buried in a total. - **Edit or remove what was not in your version:** Keto cooking is full of substitutions. Delete the ingredient you swapped out, change a weight, or add what the scan missed — your correction overrides the AI. - **Nutrition facts beyond macros:** The nutrition rows show sugar, saturated and unsaturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, and potassium as percent-of-daily-value, which matters when a high-fat diet changes what you want to keep an eye on. - **Serving control before you commit:** The serving stepper recalculates every macro in real time, so a half portion of something carb-heavy is a decision you make before eating rather than a regret afterwards. ## Keto Meal Plans From Your Own Profile Keto is one of the preferred-diet options in SlimAI setup, alongside Mediterranean, paleo, vegan, vegetarian, and no restrictions. That choice is not cosmetic — your diet plan is generated from it together with your lifestyle and activity level, your BMI and body inputs, your favourite cuisine and region, and any health details you chose to share. The result is a plan proposing keto meals from the food culture you actually cook in, sized against the targets already running in the app. When a suggestion is close but not right, Better Choice offers a comparable alternative with a one-tap swap, and Quick Meals cover the busy days that usually break a strict diet. A note that matters more on keto than most diets: if you have a medical condition, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or take medication, consult a qualified health professional before starting a ketogenic diet. SlimAI provides tracking tools, not medical advice. ## Logging Keto Meals Without the Friction Keto meals are disproportionately home-cooked, which is precisely where database search performs worst. SlimAI gives you several ways in. - **Photo scanning for cooked plates:** Point the camera at the meal and SlimAI proposes a dish, a serving count, and an ingredient breakdown you can correct before logging. - **Food label scanning for keto products:** Low-carb and specialty products are frequently missing from barcode databases. Scan the printed nutrition panel instead of guessing at a similar item. - **Voice and text entry:** Describe the meal in your own words when a photo will not help — useful for dishes with no standard name. - **Saved and recent foods:** Keto eating tends to repeat. Re-log the meals you have already corrected once instead of rebuilding them. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can I set a gram-level carb limit in SlimAI? Yes. SlimAI lets you set your own daily calorie goal and gram-level protein, fat, and carbohydrate targets rather than only percentage splits. That matters on keto because a percentage target moves in grams whenever your calorie intake changes, while a gram ceiling is the number you actually work to. ### Does SlimAI show which ingredient the carbs came from? Yes. Every logged food opens a detail screen with an ingredient-level breakdown, and each ingredient carries its own weight plus its own calorie, protein, carbohydrate, and fat contribution. That makes hidden carbohydrate in sauces, marinades, and thickeners visible instead of buried in a meal total. ### Does SlimAI have keto meal plans? Yes. Keto is one of the preferred-diet options during setup, and your diet plan is generated from that choice together with your lifestyle and activity level, your BMI and body inputs, your favourite cuisine and region, and any health details you shared. Better Choice offers one-tap swaps when a suggestion is not quite right. ### How do I log a low-carb product SlimAI cannot find by barcode? Use the Scan Food Label mode. It reads the printed nutrition facts panel directly rather than looking a code up in a database, which is the common case for specialty low-carb and keto products from smaller brands. ### Is keto safe for everyone? No. A ketogenic diet is a significant change to how you eat and is not appropriate for everyone. If you have a medical condition, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or take medication, consult a qualified health professional before starting keto. SlimAI is a tracking app, not a medical app, and does not provide medical advice. Source: https://www.slimai.ai/diets/keto ## Try SlimAI To try SlimAI, download SlimAI Calorie Tracker from the Apple App Store or Google Play and start the 3-day free trial; SlimAI Premium is then $1.49/month or $11.99/year (about $1/month), and can be cancelled anytime from the Apple or Google account that manages the subscription. - Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slimai-calorie-tracker/id6749062571 - Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slimai.app - Desktop (QR code): https://www.slimai.ai/download