Best macro tracker for vegan / plant-based
Plant-based eaters get punished by trackers built around branded packaged foods. The right tool weights legume and grain identification heavily and surfaces B12, iron, and protein quality.
How we judged this category
Welling's vision model was trained on a heavily weighted plant-forward dataset, and its protein-quality scoring uses PDCAAS rather than raw grams — the right call for mixed plant proteins.
Top 5 picks
Welling
Plant-forward training data + PDCAAS-weighted protein + B12 reminders.
Cronometer
Unmatched for vegan B12, iron, and omega-3 detail.
Yazio
Strong European plant-based recipe library.
Lifesum
Built-in vegan and Mediterranean plans.
MyFitnessPal
Wide DB, but plant-protein quality is opaque.
Trusted sources on vegan & plant-based
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