Nutrition & calories

Nutrition that changes when your menu does.

Start with the ingredients. Harlo carries nutrition through recipes, batches, portions and modifiers, so when something changes, the numbers change with it.

Guest enjoying a colourful salad in a restaurant

Heritage carrot & falafel

516 kcal
Roasted radish · yuzu dressing
18gProtein
62gCarbs
21gFat
13gFibre

Connected nutrition

Do the maths once. Let every dish keep up.

A supplier change, portion adjustment or recipe tweak can affect dishes across your menu. Harlo recalculates the linked nutrition automatically, so you don't have to.

Ingredient

Tahini

kcal per 100g
Recipe

Lemon tahini dressing

118 kcalper portion
Menu item

Falafel salad

542 kcalper dish

A Tahini calorie value is entered and submitted. The lemon tahini dressing and falafel salad nutrition then recalculate in sequence.

Every choice changes the total.

Add a dressing, swap a side or change a portion. Harlo updates the total automatically, so guests see the calories for the dish they're actually choosing.

See how allergen information stays connected
Tuna poke bowl with avocado, edamame and pickled onion

Tuna Poke Bowl

Calories update from 497 to 638 kilocalories as modifiers are selected.

Customize

+ Sesame dressing+74 kcal
+ Extra avocado+80 kcal
+ Edamame+67 kcal
Chef portioning ingredients on a scale

Built the way kitchens build food.

Bought-in ingredients, batch-made sauces, portions and add-ons all sit inside the same recipe structure.

Recipe builder

Tuna loin · 120gconnected

Sushi rice · batch · 160gconnected

Edamame · 75gconnected

Ingredient reference data

You don’t always have to look on the back of the packet.

Search more than a million ingredient profiles from CoFID and Open Food Facts, or enter your own values when you have a better source.

  • Search reference profiles in seconds.
  • Choose a profile or enter your own values.
  • Review the data before it reaches a recipe or menu.
Hospitality team reviewing ingredient information together
Search ingredient profiles
Tuna loin, raw132 kcal29g protein
Tuna steak, grilled184 kcal30g protein
Tuna, canned in spring water116 kcal26g protein

Start where your data starts.

Enter values manually, bring in supplier data, build reusable prep, or go straight to the finished dish.

Start with the ingredients

Enter nutrition manually when you're working from a pack, specification or known source.

TahiniPer 100g
CaloriesProtein18gFat59gCarbs21gFibre9gSalt0.1g

AI-assisted nutrition extraction

Import a supplier data sheet, review what Harlo extracts and use it as your source.

Supplier sheet
Ready to review

Build prep once

Create batch recipes once and reuse them anywhere they appear.

Lemon tahini dressing
Used in menu items

Go direct when you need to

Add calories or nutrition straight to a menu item when a full recipe isn't needed.

Menu item

Roasted squash flatbread

kcal418 kilocalories entered directly

Nutrition software questions answered.

How does restaurant nutrition software calculate calories for a dish?

Harlo starts with ingredient nutrition, then uses recipe weights, batch recipes and portions to calculate the calories and macros for each dish.

Can I enter nutrition manually or import supplier data sheets?

Yes. Teams can enter values from a pack or specification, or import a supplier sheet for review before using the nutrition data in a recipe.

Can Harlo handle batch recipes, prep and portion sizes?

Yes. Batch-made sauces, prep recipes and portion weights sit alongside bought-in ingredients, so the same source values are reused wherever they appear.

What happens when an ingredient, portion or recipe changes?

Update the source record once, then review the connected recipe and menu-item nutrition before the new total is used by your team or published to guests.

Can menu modifiers and extras update the calorie total?

Yes. Extras, toppings and other menu choices can be included in the dish structure so the calorie total reflects the version a guest is choosing.

Can restaurants publish calories and nutrition to a digital menu?

Harlo can carry reviewed calorie and nutrition information through to the same branded digital menu that guests use.

Stop recalculating nutrition on spreadsheets.

Start with the ingredients and recipes you already use. Harlo keeps the totals connected.