Our approach
Why does Platify count fibre as a fourth macro?
By the Platify team
Because leaving it out changes what people eat. Most trackers show protein, carbohydrate and fat, and treat fibre as a nutrient you can look up if you care enough. Platify shows all four on every macro display, formatted identically, so fibre is part of the daily picture rather than a footnote.
How is my fibre target worked out?
From your energy target, at 14 g per 1000 kcal, which is the figure in the Australian Dietary Guidelines. That rate lives in one place in the code and every surface reads it from there, so your targets screen and your meal plan cannot drift apart on it. Your plan's own fibre target also applies a floor, so at a low energy figure it can read a little higher than the rate on its own would give.
Why scale it with energy at all?
Because a bigger appetite means more food, and fibre comes with food. One fixed target for every adult either asks a lot of a small appetite or very little of a large one. Scaling keeps the ask proportionate to what is actually on the plate.
Does this mean more rules about what I eat?
No. This is a target we show you, not a rule about what to cut, and it is the same thinking as eating your favourite foods: more information, fewer bans. Fibre-rich food is mostly vegetables, fruit, legumes and wholegrains, which is an addition to a day rather than a subtraction from it. Which everyday foods carry the most, and how to work more of them into meals you already cook, is general nutrition rather than an app setting, so it lives on the Platify blog.
Why does the carbohydrate line on a pack not include fibre?
On an Australian label, the carbohydrate figure is available carbohydrate, which excludes fibre. Platify follows that same convention in its own calculations, so a label read here and the pack in your hand agree with each other.
Frequently asked
Why is my fibre target different from someone else's?
Because it is set against your energy rather than being one figure for every adult. More food on the plate means more fibre comes with it, so the target scales.
Is fibre a macro, though?
It is a carbohydrate the body does not absorb for energy the way starch and sugar are absorbed, which is why an Australian label lists it separately from the carbohydrate line. Platify shows it beside the other three because a target nobody displays is a target nobody hits.