What exploding does
A recipe logs as one line — clean, but opaque. Explode replaces that single entry with its individual ingredients, each one now separately editable in your diary, at the amounts your servings implied.
The recipe itself is untouched; exploding only changes how this one diary entry is represented.
When it's the right tool
- You skipped or swapped something. No cheese tonight? Explode, delete the cheese line, done — the rest stays accurate.
- One amount was different. Extra rice this time: explode and edit just that ingredient.
- You want to see inside. Which ingredient is carrying the calories? Exploded, the diary shows you.
How to do it
Three doors, same result:
- the explode button right on the entry's row in your journal — the fastest;
- select the entry (long-press) and choose Explode in the selection bar;
- the quick-action chips on the food's detail (alongside prepare, edit, and duplicate).
Whichever you use, the plate opens with the ingredients laid out — remove, adjust, or add before confirming, and the confirmation replaces the original entry with the individual lines.
Composite meals detected by photo logging work the same way — they're ingredient groups too, so they explode just like a recipe.