KitchAI

Inspiration

Food spoilage is the primary contributor to food waste, as highlighted by rts.com. Additional significant factors contributing to food waste encompass confusing labeling, excessive serving sizes and packaging, among others.

(source: Conservation Law Foundation)

For more information on the topic, you can refer to the following sources:

"Reducing Food Waste at Home." Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (https://www.epa.gov/foodrecovery/reducing-food-waste-home)
"The Global Food Waste Scandal." World Wildlife Fund (WWF). (https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/the-global-food-waste-scandal)
"Understanding Food Loss and Waste." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/)

These sources delve into the various aspects and consequences of food waste, shedding light on the need for sustainable practices in food consumption and preservation.

What it does

KitchAI makes it easy to manage and maximize your recipes. Say goodbye to irrelevant recipes and hello to practicality.

Discover meals you can make with ingredients on hand.
Optimize your recipes based on your actual needs.

How we built it

KitchAI utilizes several technologies and frameworks to deliver a seamless recipe generating experience:
ChatGPT 3.5 Turbo: Powering our nutritional assistant.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Enhancing performance and meal planning.
TensorFlow: Providing personalized recipe recommendations.
Security: We prioritize your data's security.

Challenges we ran into

During the development of this project, we experienced issues training our AI model to recognize aspects of an image, such as the type of food within the picture that a user would submit. We conducted extensive training, spanning over 50 rounds, to achieve the highest level of accuracy possible.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are extremely proud with how accurate we were able to make our model. We trained our model with multiple layers and achieved a high level of accuracy. Our AI is able to detect multiple aspects of an image, picture of food inside of a users fridge.

What we learned

This project was a tremendous learning experience for our team. Some key takeaways include:
Machine Learning Expertise: We gained in-depth knowledge of implementing machine learning algorithms for practical applications and how we were able to train our model with multiple layers and achieved an extremely accurate AI.
Real-time Web and App Development: We acquired valuable skills in real-time web and app development, which are transferable to various other projects.

What's next for KitchAI

We hope to add more features and functionality to the application and make it available to the public in the future!