NourmioHow to log your share of a takeout order
Count the slices and sauce you ate from a shared takeout order. See when an equal split works and how to keep an unknown portion separate.
Log your share of each dish using its own serving size. Count the pieces from each box and add the part of the dip you used. Divide the whole order by the number of people only when you took an equal share of every item.
Count what came from each box
Suppose four people share two large Papa Johns Original Crust pizzas, one cheese and one pepperoni, plus two Special Garlic dip cups. The US nutrition guide lists eight slices for each pizza. A cheese slice is 290 kcal, a pepperoni slice is 320 kcal and one dip cup is 140 kcal.
Your plate has one cheese slice, two pepperoni slices and half of the contents of one dip cup. Keep the pizza size and crust with the entry. A slice from a different pizza may have a different value.
| What you ate | Calculation | Estimated calories |
|---|---|---|
| One cheese slice | 1 × 290 | 290 kcal |
| Two pepperoni slices | 2 × 320 | 640 kcal |
| Half of one dip cup | 140 ÷ 2 | 70 kcal |
| Your plate | 290 + 640 + 70 | 1,000 kcal |
Check what an equal split assumes
A quarter of the order would be two slices from each pizza and half of one dip cup. That comes to 1,290 kcal. The difference is one extra cheese slice. If people ordered together but ate different amounts, count what you ate from each box and leave any slices still in the boxes out of today’s meal.
Keep unknown amounts separate
If you remember the slices but have no estimate for the dip, you have a 930 kcal subtotal for the pizza. Keep the dip amount unknown. If you remember using roughly half the cup, record that as an estimate. See the guide to counting sauces and toppings for other portion clues.
For a shared dish without piece counts, use the fraction of that dish you ate if you can support it. The guide to portions without a scale has examples. Keep the slice count, crust and sauce separate in Nourmio. If you eat another slice tomorrow, add it then.