About
A kidney-aware food catalog you can trust.
VitaLoop is a kidney-first health app for Indian CKD and dialysis patients. This catalog is a slice of the same database the mobile app uses — open, free, and refreshed whenever we update Firestore.
Where the numbers come from
Every food and recipe lists its sources. We pull from multiple databases and a hand-curated Kidney Warriors Foundation cookbook, then reconcile per nutrient by source priority — typically IFCT 2017 → INDB → USDA for Indian foods, and USDA → IFCT → INDB for Western staples. Disagreements are surfaced on each food's page.
- Kidney Warriors Foundation — 118 renal-friendly recipes, used with permission.
- INDB (IIT Bombay Indian Nutrient Databank) — CC BY 4.0.
- USDA FoodData Central — public domain.
- VitaLoop seed — a curated launch set of 78 kidney-relevant items.
How the renal score works
Each food gets a green / yellow / red pill based on per-serving phosphorus, potassium, and sodium against thresholds tuned to your CKD stage. Thresholds follow KDIGO 2024 + ISN guidance — strict for stage 5 and dialysis, liberal for stages 1–3a. Salt substitutes (sendha namak, lite salt) always flag red because of hyperkalemia risk, regardless of stage.
What this isn't
Not medical advice. Renal nutrition is individual — your nephrologist and dietitian know your labs and history; we don't. Use this catalog to prepare smarter questions, not to skip those conversations.
Spot an error?
We extract nutrient values from public sources, and source PDFs sometimes have typos. If a number looks wrong, please email us with the food name and what you observed.