Meal Planning Software for Dietitians & Nutritionists
Build personalised 7-day diet plans by hand or let AI draft them, with calories and macros totalled as you go, reusable templates, and plans that land straight in your client’s app.
Nutrena is an AI-powered CRM and practice-management software for dietitians and nutritionists, with unlimited clients and a 30-day free trial of Pro.
30-day free trial · then ₹999/month in India, $25/month elsewhere · cancel anytime
No card needed outside India; in India you authorise a Razorpay mandate and are not charged during the trial.
Why Most Dietitians Waste Hours on Meal Planning
Most dietitians build meal plans in Word documents, Google Docs, or Excel spreadsheets. The process looks like this: open a blank template, look up nutrition data for each food item, manually calculate macros, format everything nicely, export to PDF, email it to the client. Then the client replies asking to swap chicken for paneer — and you do it all over again.
For a practice with 20–30 active clients, this eats 10–15 hours a week that could go toward seeing more clients or growing your business.
Purpose-built meal planning software for dietitians solves this by storing your food database, auto-calculating nutrition, and letting you reuse template plans across similar clients.
What Nutrena’s Meal Planner Includes
Drag-and-Drop Plan Builder
Days across, meal rows down. Drag meal rows into order, and copy a day or a row across the week without retyping.
Auto Macro Calculation
Calories, protein, carbs, fat and fibre calculated automatically as you add foods, with totals per meal and per day.
Indian Food Database
Search thousands of Indian dishes — dal makhani, idli, roti, biryani — with accurate nutrition data included.
Reusable Plan Templates
Save any plan as a template. Apply it to new clients in seconds and customise from there.
PDF Export & Sharing
Export PDF meal plans, with your logo on Pro, to share by email or WhatsApp. Clients who use the Nutrena app see the plan there too.
Easy Food Substitutions
Swap a meal without rebuilding the plan, or add alternative options the client can choose instead. Totals update as you edit.
AI Drafts and Plain-English Edits
Let AI draft a 7-day plan from the client's targets, then ask the co-pilot for changes such as "make Tuesday dinner vegetarian".
Client-Specific Targets
Set per-client calorie targets from their energy needs or your own numbers, and compare each day's totals against them.
How to Build a Meal Plan in Nutrena
Add the client and set targets
Create a client profile with weight, height, activity level, and goal. Nutrena calculates their TDEE and macro targets automatically, or you can enter custom values.
Open the plan builder
Create a new diet plan for the client and name it (e.g. 'Week 1 – Weight Loss'). Start blank, from a template, or with an AI draft.
Add meals and foods
For each day, add meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks). Search the food database and add items with portion sizes. Macros update in real time.
Review and adjust
Check each day's totals against the client's target. Swap foods or adjust portions if a day is over budget.
Share with the client
Publish the plan to the client's Nutrena app, or export a PDF that can include a shopping-list page.
Nutrena vs Other Meal Planning Tools
How Nutrena compares on price and free access with three tools dietitians often evaluate. Cheapest paid plan, billed monthly. Prices last verified: October 2026. We make Nutrena.
| Feature | Nutrena | NutriAdmin | Practice Better | Cronometer Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ❌ (30-day trial instead) | ✅ 3 clients | ❌ | ❌ |
| Free trial | 30 days | 14 days | 14 days | None stated |
| Starting price | ₹999/month in India, $25/month elsewhere | $24.99/mo | $35/mo | $39.99/mo |
| Clients at that price | Unlimited | 5 new a month | 10 | 10 seats |
| AI diet plan drafts | ✅ | — | — | — |
| Indian dishes in food database | ✅ | — | — | — |
“—” means we did not check it for this table. Sources: NutriAdmin, Practice Better, Cronometer Pro pricing pages, read 18 October 2026.
Who Nutrena’s Meal Planner is Built For
Solo Dietitians
Running a private practice and spending too much time on manual plan creation. The 30-day free trial includes unlimited clients, full Pro access and 100 AI diet plans a month.
Nutritionists in India
Need INR pricing, Indian dishes in the food database, and plans that are easy to share on WhatsApp.
Online Nutrition Coaches
Coaching 20+ clients asynchronously. Reusable templates and easy plan duplication mean you can scale without hiring help.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every new account gets a 30-day free trial with the full meal plan builder, unlimited clients and 100 AI diet plans a month. After that it's ₹999/month in India, $25/month elsewhere. No card needed outside India; in India you authorise a Razorpay mandate and are not charged during the trial.
Can I use Nutrena if most of my clients eat Indian food?
Yes. Nutrena's food database includes Indian regional dishes and staples, and you can add your own recipes with their nutrition values.
Do clients need an account to see their plan?
No. You can export the plan as a PDF and send it any way you like. Clients who use the Nutrena app sign in with a short code you give them, with no email or password.
What happens to my plans if I cancel?
You keep access until the end of the period you have paid for. Your clients and plans stay in your account, and you can export any plan as a PDF before then.
Does Nutrena include grocery lists?
Yes. The PDF export can include a shopping-list page built from the plan's ingredients, ready to send to the client.
Can I create meal plan templates for specific conditions like diabetes or PCOS?
Yes. You can save any completed plan as a template with a custom name (e.g. 'PCOS Weight Loss — 1500 kcal'). When a new client with similar needs joins, apply the template and adjust from there.
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