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Nutri-Weigh
Dietary computer scale
INSTRUCTIONS AND GUARANTEE
Please read this instruction manual before
using the product for the first time.
NUTRI-WEIGH OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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CONTENTS
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Nutri-Weigh
Dietary computer scale
1. GETTING STARTED
2. WEIGHING
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What is the NUTRI-WEIGH Dietary computer scale?
Whether you are following a specific diet plan or simply aiming to eat more healthily,
it is important to know the real nutritional value of the food you eat. The Salter
NUTRI-WEIGH scale contains a comprehensive inbuilt nutritional database of over
one thousand four hundred and thirty analysed foods. The foods in this database
have been analysed according to the following eleven nutrient types: calories, protein,
carbohydrates, total sugars, total fat, saturated fat, fibre, sodium, cholesterol, net
carbohydrates and Glycemic Index (GI) values.
3. KEYPAD
4. ANALYSING YOUR FOODS
5. NUTRI-WEIGH UNIQUE MEMORY FUNCTIONS
a) Memorising Your Foods
The NUTRI-WEIGH requires no separate reference book, table or numerical food
codes, so it is very easy and quick to use. It has a feature that allows you to keep a
cumulative record of your total nutritional intake and set maximum limits on various
nutrient types e.g. calories. It also helps you keep track of your total nutritional intake
by calculating the difference between your target and actual nutritional intake. Apart
from the extensive one thousand four hundred and thirty plus foods in the database,
this scale enables you to input data for up to one hundred additional food types,
including your own favourite recipes and meals.
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b) Reviewing Nutritional Values in Memory
c) Setting Your Target Values
d) Viewing Your Remaining Balance
e) Resetting Memory
f) Adding ‘ABSENT’ foods to memory
The NUTRI-WEIGH can also be used as a conventional scale for everyday weighing
and measuring. This integrated kitchen scale is simple to use and fully equipped with
the ‘Add & Weigh’ and Salter ‘AquatronicTM’ dry and liquid measurement technology.
6. ADDING NEW FOODS TO NUTRI-WEIGH
7. ADDING YOUR RECIPES TO NUTRI-WEIGH
8. EDITING FOOD ENTRIES
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The Salter NUTRI-WEIGH also has the following key features:
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Quick search, a function that allows you to easily find the last twenty foods
you analysed.
Two user memory, which allows up to two people to record their nutritional
intake for up to 7 days.
9. DELETING FOOD ENTRIES
UK/US food database selector switch, this function makes it ease for you to
find foods that are common to each culture/country.
10. POWER SAVE FEATURE
Stainless steel platform, which is removable for easy cleaning and suitable
for use with most bowls and containers.
11. BATTERY REPLACEMENT/OPTIONAL MAINS SUPPLY
12. CLEANING AND CARE
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4 AA batteries which are supplied with the scale for instant use.
Alternative power supply, through an electrical mains power adaptor*.
Maximum capacity of 3kg x 1g / 6lb 10oz x 1/8oz / 3000ml x 1ml /
105floz x 1/8floz.
*not supplied
13. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Diagram 1.
Diagram 2.
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Key to Diagram 1:
Key to Diagram 2:
20 4 x AA battery compartment
Interactive message window display
Removable stainless steel
platform cover
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Large LCD screen simultaneously
displays 11 nutritional food values
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UK/US food database
selector switch
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Mains power adaptor point
Adjustable fold-down lid
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ON/OFF power button
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Multi-function buttons and alphanumeric
keypad (see Diagram 3 - page 3)
NOTE: THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH PROFESSIONAL DIETARY ADVICE.
2. WEIGHING
a) If using a bowl, place it on the platform
before switching the scale on.
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ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE STARTING A WEIGHT LOSS AND/OR
EXERCISE PROGRAM.
b) Turn the scale ON
and wait for the weight display
to show 0.
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c) Place the item to be weighed on the platform
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d) To weigh several ingredients together, press the ZERO key to reset the display to
1. GETTING STARTED
zero between each ingredient.
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e) Use the MODE key
, as required, to toggle between metric and imperial units
a) Remove all packaging including any plastic covering on the display screens
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and dry and liquid measures (g, oz, ml & floz). The current units of measurement are
indicated alongside the weight display.
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b) Insert the 4 AA batteries into the battery compartment
, ensuring the + and -
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For your convenience, the scale has a ‘weight mode’ memory, so when the scale is next
switched on, it will continue to use the weight units last selected.
terminals are correctly oriented.
c) Use the switch
on the base to select USA or UK database.
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d) Place the NUTRI-WEIGH on a firm level surface.
e) Adjust the angle of the lid to allow optimum viewing of the display panels.
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The liquid measure (Aquatronic™) feature is suitable for all water based liquids,
e.g. wine, milk, stock, cream etc. Please be advised that oils have a significantly lower
specific gravity and would give a reading of approx. +10%.
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Ensure the items being weighed on the platform do not touch the lid as this
could affect the accuracy of the foods being weighed.
Please adjust your recipe by this proportion when measuring oils on this scale.
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Diagram 3.
4. ANALYSING YOUR FOODS
To identify the nutritional contents of your foods, follow the instructions below:
a) Turn the scale on by pressing the ON button
b) Place your food on the weighing platform
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c) The upper display panel
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will prompt you to enter the food type. Use the keypad
Key to Diagram 3:
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to enter the first few letters of the name of the food. (For further instructions on
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ZERO button for
how to use the keypad please read section 3 ‘KEYPAD’).
Add & Weigh function
d) Either continue to type the full name of the food or use the up and down arrow
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Alphanumeric KEYPAD
with word prompt feature
keys
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to scroll through the shortlist of foods in the upper display panel
e) When the correct food is displayed, press the ENTER key
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f) Nutritional values will be displayed in the lower display panel
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DELETE button
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i. For your convenience, the last twenty foods you have entered are stored in a ‘quick
search’ facility. Use the UP and DOWN keys (instead of typing) to search through
these foods.
button for storing foods
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13 CANCEL button
ii. To find foods quickly type the most specific word to describe the food. e.g. if
searching for EDAM CHEESE; typing the word EDAM will find the food faster than
typing the word CHEESE. The reason for this is that CHEESE has many variations and
you will have to scroll through the CHEESE list to find CHEESE EDAM, which may be
more time consuming!
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MENU SELECTOR button
for special functions
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ENTER button
UP & DOWN on-screen
scroll buttons
NOTE: Some of the nutritional categories may appear blank if data is unavailable for
that particular food.
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DECIMAL POINT button
for precise entry
5. NUTRI-WEIGH UNIQUE MEMORY FUNCTIONS
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To help you keep a precise record of the total nutritional value of the food you eat, and
monitor your nutritional intake, the NUTRI-WEIGH has some unique memory functions.
imperial measurements
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2 USER MEMORY
buttons for personal use
a) Memorising Your Foods
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i. After following the instructions in the ‘ANALYSE YOUR FOOD’ section the upper
display screen will display the message ‘Press M+ to add to memory if required’.
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Press M+
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ii. The upper screen display will then prompt you to select ‘U1’ or ‘U2’ by pressing
the ‘USER1’ or USER2’ 19 key. Press the USER key that you have designated
to yourself
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iii. You can add all the foods you eat into memory by repeating the steps above.
b) Reviewing Nutritional Values in Memory
i. To review the total nutritional values entered so far, turn the scale on, press
the MENU button
. The upper display will show ‘VIEW/RESET TOTAL’.
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3. KEYPAD
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Press ENTER
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The alphanumeric keypad
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operates in a similar way to the keypad on a mobile phone.
ii. Then press your designated USER key. Your total nutritional intake recorded so
The majority of the alphanumeric keys have three letters and one number assigned.
far will appear in the lower display panel.
a) To enter a food name, press the appropriate key repeatedly until the desired letter
NOTE: It is not possible to total G.I values so a value will not appear on the screen.
appears on the display.
c) Setting Your Target Values
b) Wait a second for the cursor to reappear in the upper display panel
, then key in
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the next letter in the same way.
If you are following a diet plan it can be useful to set target values in the
NUTRI-WEIGH memory for certain nutrient types e.g. calories, carbohydrates,
cholesterol etc. per day(s) or week.
c) If you make a mistake, press DEL
to delete the last letter entered. Holding DEL
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down will delete several letters more quickly.
To set target values use the following instructions:
d) A space can be entered between words by using the 0 key 10
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i. Turn on the scale and press the MENU key
e) The UP and DOWN arrow keys 16 are used to scroll through items in the food list
or through options in the menu. When the cursor reaches the item you are searching
for, press the ENTER key 15 to confirm your selection.
ii. Then using the scroll buttons
, scroll down to the ‘VIEW/SET TARGET’ option
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and press ENTER
iii. Select your designated USER button and press ENTER
f) The CANCEL button 13 is used to cancel an operation and return to the previous step.
iv. When the nutrient type flashes on the screen use the KEYPAD to enter your
target value for each nutritional category.
g) When you need to enter numerical data (e.g. nutritional values), the keypad will
automatically switch to ‘numbers only’.
v. Use the SCROLL keys to move up/down the list and enter the required target values.
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6. ADDING NEW FOODS TO THE NUTRI-WEIGH
i. Target values can be altered at anytime by repeating steps 1-5 above.
The NUTRI-WEIGH allows you to customise the food list to suit your personal needs.
If there are certain foods that you eat that are not in the NUTRI-WEIGH they can be
added to the database. e.g. if you have a favourite breakfast cereal that is not listed,
you can use the nutritional values printed on the cereal pack to add this food to the
database. You can do this by following the instructions below:
ii. It is not necessary to fill in target values for every nutritional category.
You can just set those that you are most interested in and leave the others at zero.
iii. Target values should be limited to a maximum period of 7 days.
d) Viewing Your Remaining Balance
a) Turn the scale on and press MENU
To help you manage your diet plan better the NUTRI-WEIGH can show you the balance
remaining from your set target by using the ‘VIEW BALANCE’ option.
b) Using the SCROLL key to scroll down to "ADD FOOD ITEM TO MEMORY",
and then press ENTER
To view the remaining balance in your memory, follow the instructions below:
i. Turn the scale on and press the MENU key
c) Using the keypad, enter a name for the new food (see Note i below) then press ENTER.
d) You will be prompted to type in the values for each nutritional category. ALWAYS
enter nutritional values as per 100g of product. For the G.I Value use the
appropriate alphabet keys to enter L for Low, M for Medium, and H for High
ii. Use the SCROLL key to scroll down to the ‘VIEW BALANCE’ option
iii. Press ENTER to view the outstanding balance of your set targets. If you have
exceeded your target for a particular nutritional category, the display will show
EEEE. Also, if you have not set targets for some of the nutritional categories, the
display will show EEEE
e) Use the SCROLL buttons to scroll between the categories
f) When you have entered all the values, press ENTER again to add the new food to memory.
Note:
i. The FOOD NAME you choose is limited to 16 characters including spaces, and
cannot be the same as any other name already in the database.
iv. Press CANCEL to return to the previous/main screen.
ii. Don’t worry if you don’t have data for some of the categories; you can leave these as zero.
Note: The balance values shown on the display are calculated from the target value
minus the current total value in memory.
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i. Please take particular care when entering the value for sodium. Some food
manufacturers quote ‘mg’ of sodium and others quote ‘g’ of sodium. You need to enter
‘mg’ of sodium.To convert from ‘g’ to ‘mg’, multiply by 1000. For example, 0.5g sodium
= 500mg sodium.
e) Resetting Memory
To reset your memory at the end of your goal period, follow the instructions below:
i. Turn the scale on and press the MENU key
For the complete list of foods featured on the NUTRI-WEIGH 1450 please go to
www.salterhousewares.com on the internet.
ii. Press ENTER 15 followed by your USER key 19
iii. Then press ENTER to reset values to zero.
7. ADDING YOUR RECIPES TO THE NUTRI-WEIGH
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i. Remember to reset your memory at the end of your goal period. e.g. if you set your
target values per day, then you must reset the memory at the end of each day. This will
help you maintain an accurate record of your nutritional intake.
If you are weighing out ingredients for a recipe, you can use the ‘ADD RECIPE’ feature
to enter each ingredient into memory as you go. When you are done, the NUTRI-WEIGH
will total up the nutritional values of the ingredients and allow you to enter a name for
your recipe. It can then be stored in the database.
ii. Diet plans vary and it is common practice to review your food intake on a daily basis
to help you assess your eating pattern. The memory function on this scale can help you
do so efficiently. If you prefer to review your food intake on a less regular basis you can
record your food intake for a maximum period of 7 days. Your personal information will
continue to be retained even when the NUTRI-WEIGH is turned off.
Note: Before you add your recipes to the NUTRI-WEIGH, it is a good idea to check all
ingredients you need for your recipe are already featured in the NUTRI-WEIGH. If any
ingredients are not already featured they can be added to the NUTRI-WEIGH as
detailed above in Section 6.
To add your recipes to the NUTRI-WEIGH:
f) Adding ‘ABSENT’ Foods to Memory
a) Turn on the scale and press MENU
If you are unable to use your NUTRI-WEIGH just before you eat certain foods do not
worry. The NUTRI-WEIGH has a feature that allows you to add your foods in your
own time without actually weighing the food. You can do this by following the
instructions below:
b) Scroll to ‘ADD RECIPE TO MEMORY’ and then press ENTER
c) Place your first ingredient on the scale, type the name of the ingredient and press ENTER
d) Press M+ to add this ingredient to memory
M+ for all ingredients used in your recipe.
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i. Simply turn on your NUTRI-WEIGH and type in the name of the food you ate.
Note: If you enter an ingredient incorrectly do not worry. Pressing CANCEL at anytime
during this stage deletes all ingredients that you have entered for this recipe so far and
allows you to start again.
ii. When the message ‘PLACE ITEM ON SCALE OR ENTER WEIGHT IN GRAMS’
appears on the upper display panel estimate the weight of the food you wish to
record in grams and manually enter the weight by pressing the appropriate
numbers on the key pad then press ENTER.
e) Press ENTER when you have added all ingredients and the message ‘TYPE IN
NAME OF RECIPE THEN PRESS ENTER’ will appear on the upper display
panel. Press ENTER
iii. Press M+ followed by your USER key to add this to your memory.
f) Type in the name of your special recipe and press ENTER. Your recipe is now
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stored in your NUTRI-WEIGH.
Remember, 1oz is approximately 28g
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You can enter a recipe without actually preparing the food by entering the weight of
each ingredient manually. (Please refer to section 5 f) ‘Adding ABSENT Foods to
Memory’, for detailed instructions).
Note: Please note that cooking at high temperatures can alter the nutritional values of
some foods. Therefore the values calculated by the ADD RECIPE feature may be altered
by the cooking process.
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12. CLEANING AND CARE
8. EDITING FOOD ENTRIES
The stainless steel weighing platform is removable for easy cleaning and is
dishwasher-safe. The rest of the NUTRI-WEIGH can be cleaned with a slightly damp
(but not wet) cloth.
If you need to edit any of the foods that you have added to the database, follow the
instructions below:
a) Turn on the scale and press MENU
DO NOT immerse the NUTRI-WEIGH in water or use chemical/abrasive
cleaning agents.
b) Scroll down to the EDIT FOOD ITEM option, then press ENTER
c) Type the name of the food to be edited. You then have the option to edit the name
All plastic parts should be cleaned immediately after contact with fats, spices,
vinegar and strongly flavoured / coloured foods. Avoid contact with acids such as
citrus fruits.
of the food (if required) by deleting/retyping
d) To edit the nutritional values, press ENTER again. After editing the values, scroll
down to the bottom of the screen and press ENTER.
You will be asked to confirm the changes before the item is updated.
13. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Sources of Nutritional Data:
9. DELETING FOOD ENTRIES
i. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 17
To delete a food item that you have added to the database:
a) Turn the scale on and press MENU
ii. International table of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values: 2002
(Am J Clin Nutr 2002; 26:5-56)
b) Scroll down to the DELETE FOOD ITEM option, then press ENTER
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c) Type the name of the food to be deleted, then press ENTER.
You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the food.
Press ENTER again and the food will be deleted.
i.The ‘net carbs’ value is calculated as ‘net carbs’ = carbohydrate - fibre.
ii.The G.I. value is also known as Glycemic Index.
Salter offers a number of heath related products including ‘Body Analyser Scales’, to
help you manage your health and weight better. For a full list of products or stores
10. POWER SAVE FEATURE
Salter Housewares Ltd. 211 Vale Rd, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1SU, England.
T: +44 (0) 1732 354 828
F: +44 (0) 1732 358 631
To preserve battery power, the NUTRI-WEIGH has an auto switch-off feature that will
operate if the scale has not been in use for 5 minutes.
Switching the scale off manually will help to further extend battery life. To switch off
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manually press the blue power button
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All data entries are retained when the scale switches off.
11. BATTERY REPLACEMENT/OPTIONAL MAINS SUPPLY
The display will show ‘Lo’ when the batteries need replacing.
Switch the NUTRI-WEIGH off, then remove the old batteries and replace with four
brand new alkaline AA size batteries. The battery compartment is situated in the
base of the scale 20 and is marked to show the correct orientation of the + and -
battery terminals.
Note: All saved data will be retained whilst batteries are changed.
As an alternative to batteries, the NUTRI-WEIGH can be operated using a mains power
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adaptor. The power socket is located on the left hand side of the NUTRI-WEIGH
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An adaptor is not supplied with this scale but if you decide to use one please ensure
you use a 6V DC mains power adaptor, rated between 120mA and 1200mA (maximum),
with a 3.5mm phono plug with negative tip polarity (sometimes referred to as
centre negative).
CAUTION: Always switch the NUTRI-WEIGH off and remove the batteries before
connecting a power adaptor.
When a power adaptor is used instead of batteries, the power save feature is replaced
by a sleep mode. If the NUTRI-WEIGH has not been used for 10 minutes, the display
screens will switch off and the scale will be in ‘sleep mode’. To re-activate the NUTRI-
WEIGH, press the ON button
it switched off.
and the program will return to the exact point at which
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Please ensure you only use the adaptor specified above. Failure to comply with
this warning could result in your NUTRI-WEIGH being damaged. Please note that
damage caused by misuse is not covered under the guarantee.
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