Substitutions and meal options

1 min read0Updated on 20/09/2026

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Overview

In a meal plan you can give the client alternatives: substitutions for a food and full options for a meal. That way they can swap what they don't have or don't want to eat without leaving the plan.

Steps

  1. In the plan, on a food in a meal, use Add substitution and pick the food.
  2. System suggestions appear at the top: foods from the same category, with the quantity already worked out to match the calories or the macros you choose.
  3. For a full alternative meal, use Add meal substitution. Each option gets a tab next to Main, with its own foods.
The meals you save in the Meal Library keep the food substitutions. Meal options stay in the plan only.

What the client sees

In the app, the client uses Swap on a food to pick one of your substitutions, or picks the meal option in the tabs. The day's calories and macros are recalculated.