Salter like to call their Nutri-Weigh, a dietary computer rather
than a kitchen scale. My mission was to test this dietary computer
and see how easy, (or not), it is to use.
Thankfully using the Nutri-Weigh dietary computer is a lot
simpler than using a PC. The instructions have quick and easy
diagrams with step-by-step instructions for each feature of the
scale.
It took me less than 10 minutes to work my way through the
instruction leaflet. OK, so it’s only 8 pages long, but still quick
and simple, and that’s what counts.
Next came the foods test. Would it be full of fancy foods I’d
never heard of?…No, instead hundreds of everyday foods. All
described including how they are cooked and even what type of each
food, like different cuts of meat.
Here’s an example. I typed in chicken. I got:
Chicken canned
Chicken cooked sliced
Chicken dark meat raw
Chicken dark meat
battered fried
Chicken fried breaded
Chicken fried meat only
Chicken
fried with skin
Chicken light meat… and the list goes on…
My tip is to search by food rather than the cooking method (well
it’s Salter's tip really, but they’re right). I found it much quicker
to search for a food i.e. chicken, then use the scroll keys to look
through the choices, rather than typing the full description in. You
also get the benefit of being able to view all the records and pick
which one best suits what you’re weighing.
Being a computer the Nutri-Weigh does all sorts of clever things
on top of weighing foods and providing their nutritional breakdowns.
It stores the last 20 records viewed in its short memory, so you can
just scroll to find and add repeatedly used records.
It also allows you to add extra records. So if there’s something
you eat regularly that’s not on the Nutri-Weigh, and you have the
nutritional info per 100g (which is standard on most packaging), you
can add it to the scale. Again I thought this might be
complicated… wrong, piece of cake.
I also love that at the touch of a button you can save what
you’re weighing to this scale's memory and it will add up everything
you’ve eaten that day. You can do that for a whole week, in fact you
and someone else can do that for a whole week, as there are two
memories.
But it’s not all about technology. Designed like a mini laptop,
this kitchen scale is easy to clean and store away. In fact it
wouldn’t even look out of place, out of the kitchen.
I really can’t fault Salter, this scale has been so well thought
out, so much so that there isn’t anything that comes close to it on
the market.
Calculate your daily calorie allowance, then use the food
diary pages to record your food and exercise. Includes weekly
progress reports and motivational tips.
