Google is still a search engine, which is easy to forget underneath the wave of other services they’ve gotten into recently. So today, Google’s unveiled a new feature in its core search engine; nutrition information. According to Google, you’ll be able to search for nutrition information such as “how much protein is in this apple?” or something more complex, like “how many calories are in a burrito?” Google will serve up the information you need and even give you the option to adjust serving sizes or see similar foods. Despite Google Health failing, Google is apparently still interested in keeping you informed about your health decisions. With the inevitable wave of big OEM smartwatches and pedometers, this is probably a smart step to stay ahead of the market for Google.
The information in the searches pulls information from Google’s Knowledge Graph, which helps you find hard-to-access information in one convenient place. Google is still putting their rollout feature to work here, as not everyone will be able to access it immediately. According to Google, though, everyone should be able to try out the nutrition search within the next 10 days, in the US, at least.
source: Inside Search
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