1. Method for controlling loading of foods in a food mixing unit, which method comprises: providing the food mixing unit ( 1 ) with a weighing system ( 8 ), which comprises at least one weight detecting device ( 9 ) for detecting the weight of the foods loaded, and with at least one food recipe, which comprises a list of foods to be loaded in the food mixing unit ( 1 ); and taking each food of the food recipe from at least one relative stocking area ( 3 ); the method being characterised in that it comprises: measuring, for each food stocked in the relative stocking area ( 3 ), a plurality of chemical and/or physical parameters by means of a food analysis tool ( 14 ); modifying said food recipe as a function of the measured values of said chemical and/or physical parameters; and controlling, based on the weight detected by means of weight detecting device ( 9 ) and on the modified food recipe, the weight of the foods to be loaded as they are loaded in the food mixing unit ( 1 ).