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3 years ago

A social platform for the food industry. The startup wants to be the platform for all of your meal prep activities, from shopping to cooking to shopping for ingredients.

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3 years ago

A B2B food delivery business that prioritizes fresh, local ingredients to help restaurants avoid food waste.

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3 years ago

A startup looking to help businesses manage their food supply chain by tracking food and ingredients

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3 years ago

This startup wants to make it easy for you to get the ingredients you need to cook your favorite dishes.

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3 years ago

A product that helps users make their own sauces and marinades out of fresh ingredients. The company is based in California, but has users in the US, Canada, and Australia.

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2 years ago

A web app that lets users create their own recipes using ingredients from a curated list of ingredients, and then share them on social media or email.

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3 years ago

A tool for creating custom cocktail recipes that use ingredients from local markets

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3 years ago

A direct-to-consumer subscription service that delivers food that’s been packaged using plant-based ingredients, as well as a meal plan and recipes to follow. The startup sells to individuals and offices and offers a one day delivery window.

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4 years ago

A startup for chefs to track the exact amount of water and other ingredients in a recipe.

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3 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup that aims to make it easier to use the camera on your phone to read the QR code and scan the barcode of a product at the store. You can scan a product, then see the item’s ingredients, price, or reviews.

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2 years ago

A supplement company that builds their own all-natural supplements. Onboards both raw ingredients and customers.

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4 years ago

A company that creates custom-designed, pre-packaged, monthly subscription boxes of healthy snacks. The boxes are meant to be tasty, portable, and affordable, but also good for you. Customers can customize their boxes with additional ingredients, and can track their consumption on a website. The boxes are available on subscription, as well as individually.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a food delivery app that emphasizes the freshest ingredients

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4 years ago

A startup that helps understand the benefits of a given ingredient, by tracking how it compares to other ingredients.

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3 years ago

A startup building a predictive analytics tool for restaurants. Rather than manually input data, users can choose their ingredients and the startup will tell them what it believes will turn out best.

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4 years ago

An intuitive, desktop-based app that allows a restaurant to manage their menu items and ingredients. The startup gets data from local grocery stores, which it then uses to create an automated interface where a person can have a single, intuitive experience to search for a new dish at a restaurant using their phone.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses create natural products. The app will help users choose from a list of natural ingredients and ingredients from around the world and then the app will automatically create a custom recipe using the chosen ingredients.

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3 years ago

A solution to help the thousands of companies who have to keep track of their suppliers and have to keep track of where their products come from, a problem that has become more urgent as they have to move to the “clean” label market, where products don’t contain animal ingredients.

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3 years ago

A dashboard for restaurants to monitor their food sales, accounting for everything from the inventory of ingredients to the hours that employees work.

58

3 years ago

A company that develops new beer styles based on specific ingredients.

58

3 years ago

A startup that lets users search for nearby food and specialty ingredients, and then pay for them in an app. It’s access to these ingredients can be used in recipes or to make products. The startup, which is rapidly growing, is still in the pre-launch stage.

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3 years ago

A B2B company that will let partners buy customized “cotton candy”-like candy for their clients. The cotton candy is made from the same ingredients as a standard candy, but with a variety of colors and flavors.

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2 years ago

A “veggie-only” delivery service that makes it easy for customers to source and order vegan ingredients. The company launched in San Francisco in February and is backed by investors including Google Ventures.

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3 years ago

A startup that brings together three key ingredients: In-app messaging, chatbots, and AI. The company says it is working with hundreds of small businesses to help them better engage with customers via messaging, and that a majority of its customers are repeat customers for its chatbot services.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to build a community-driven grocery store, with a focus on in-store ingredients and product quality

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people learn how to cook, with a focus on recipes that use ingredients they’ve never used before.

53

3 years ago

A bakery that grows, packages and ships all the ingredients for food from single farms to online customers.

50

3 years ago

This mobile application helps restaurant owners make better decisions about what to order when. The app makes it easier for them to order based on factors like the last time a dish was ordered, a chef’s recommendation, and what ingredients are available in the kitchen.

50

3 years ago

A startup that helps people who have difficulty losing weight by giving them a recipe and a shopping list to make all of their meals ahead of time. People can choose which recipes to follow, and all the ingredients and their costs are included.

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2 years ago

A startup that delivers food and ingredients to your doorstep at a time that works best for you- and handles all the logistics and delivery. The company’s first customers include a group of chefs that have started an all-vegetarian food delivery service in Palo Alto.

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3 years ago

A “smart” mortar and pestle that treats the ingredients of each recipe before grinding them for you.

41

2 years ago

A startup for home cooks that helps them keep track of ingredients that are on sale. It’s currently available in seven cities across the US.

40

3 years ago

A “smart” box that allows you to monitor and predict nutrient absorption from your food and ingredients via the latest tech.

39

3 years ago

A free, batch addition of a small number of ingredients. The startup is building a tool to help users figure out the right recipe for an individual ingredient.

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2 years ago

Advisor’s pizzas have a 1:1 ratio of cheese and sauce. They’re made with fresh dough, and the ingredients are — in most cases — all sourced from local farmers.

32

2 years ago

A company that aims to make it easier for restaurants to import ingredients from abroad, and with that offers a platform for small business to make their products available to consumers

29

2 years ago

A startup that generates recipes from other recipes on the internet, pairing different ingredients with different foodstuffs and even food types.

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2 years ago

A startup that says it wants to be the Uber of the semi-trucking industry. Their platform has already been used to get a truckload of ingredients to a restaurant 100 miles away in just 8 hours.

27

2 years ago

A startup that helps restaurant owners and chefs create better tasting dishes using fresh ingredients by analyzing their food photos with AI algorithms.

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1 month ago 45 views

A startup that delivers farm-fresh meal kits using drone drops to rural households, cutting delivery times and costs while partnering with local farmers for hyper-fresh ingredients.

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2 years ago

A data feed for the Crepe suzette industry, which uses CRS to track the price of ingredients and volumes sold.

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1 month ago

B2B tool that integrates smart fridge data from restaurants to predict ingredient shortages and auto-order from suppliers.

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1 month ago

A platform connecting urban gardeners with excess produce to local chefs, reducing food waste and supplying fresh ingredients at wholesale prices.

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1 day ago

AI that scans your fridge photos to suggest recipes, auto-adds missing ingredients to your grocery cart, and tracks food waste reduction.

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18 hours ago

A startup that provides AI-powered customization for local street food vendors in Southeast Asia to predict daily demand and reduce ingredient waste through real-time WhatsApp integration.

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1 day ago

A startup that delivers pre-measured ingredient kits for home fermentation projects like making kombucha or sauerkraut, targeted at urban apartment dwellers.

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3 days ago

A startup that matches small farms with urban restaurants to source hyper-local ingredients on demand through a real-time bidding platform.

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5 days ago

A subscription box that sends curated sets of ingredients and tools for experimenting with fermentation at home, including tracking app for pH levels and flavor profiles.

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23 days ago 3 views

A startup delivering customizable meal kits from excess restaurant ingredients, connecting chefs with home cooks via a same-day app in major EU cities.

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3 days ago

A subscription box that delivers pre-measured ingredients and tools for building small DIY smart-home gadgets.

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3 days ago

A platform that connects independent farmers in Africa with urban chefs to source hyperlocal ingredients through on-demand micro-harvests.

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15 days ago

Community-driven recipe app for home cooks in emerging markets, where users upload local ingredient substitutions and monetize via premium cultural cooking classes.

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16 days ago

B2B SaaS for restaurants that predicts ingredient spoilage using IoT sensors and automates reorder suggestions to cut food waste by 30%.

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1 month ago

SymphonyAI builds AI-powered meal planners that scan your fridge via phone camera and generate recipes from expiring ingredients to cut food waste.

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3 days ago

A startup that matches home cooks with local farmers to co-create and sell seasonal recipe kits with real-time ingredient sourcing.

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3 days ago

A startup that turns surplus restaurant ingredients into discounted meal kits for nearby consumers using AI-driven matching.

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5 days ago

A startup that turns food waste from restaurants into packaged snacks using AI to match surplus ingredients with consumer taste trends

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9 days ago

A startup that turns leftover restaurant ingredients into perfectly portioned meal kits via AI-driven demand forecasting and same-day delivery to nearby apartment buildings.

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10 days ago

A platform that turns leftover restaurant ingredients into instant recipe kits delivered with AR cooking guides to reduce food waste.

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11 days ago

A startup connecting small farms directly with urban restaurants using real-time inventory APIs to reduce food waste and ensure freshest ingredients.

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12 days ago

A tool that turns kitchen scraps into usable cooking ingredients by scanning them and generating step-by-step recipes based on what users already have.

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17 days ago

A startup that gamifies meal prep for busy professionals by delivering mystery ingredient boxes with AR recipes, turning cooking into a competitive social challenge with leaderboards and prizes.

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22 days ago 3 views

Voice-first recipe app for home cooks that listens to your ingredients and adapts recipes on-the-fly via smart speaker integration.

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1 month ago

A startup for "mystery meal kits" where home cooks receive surprise ingredients and chef-curated recipes based on their pantry scans.

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1 month ago 2 views

A startup connecting freelance chefs with busy households for personalized weekly meal prep deliveries, using local ingredients and dietary AI matching.

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1 month ago 1 views

AI-powered software for restaurants to dynamically adjust menu prices and portions based on real-time ingredient costs and demand forecasts.

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5 days ago

A platform that connects small farms with local chefs and restaurants to source seasonal ingredients with real-time availability and automated delivery scheduling.

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10 days ago

A mobile app that uses AR to let amateur chefs scan their kitchen ingredients and instantly generate recipe videos narrated in their own voice.

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12 days ago

A company that offers subscription boxes of zero-waste ingredients for home chefs to cook restaurant-quality meals without plastic packaging.

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14 days ago

A startup that creates modular micro-kitchens for apartment buildings, allowing residents to rent short-term professional-grade cooking spaces with built-in ingredient delivery options.

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1 month ago 4 views

A startup that converts vintage family recipes into personalized meal kits with AR instructions, sourcing rare ingredients from global suppliers for home cooks.

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1 month ago

A startup digitizing family recipes into interactive cookbooks with AR overlays showing step-by-step guidance and ingredient substitutions for allergies.

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4 days ago

A startup that uses AI to generate custom, personalized recipes based on leftover ingredients in your fridge to cut food waste.

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1 month ago

Personalized recipe app for diabetics that scans pantry photos, suggests low-glycemic meals, and auto-orders missing ingredients from local grocers.

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1 month ago 3 views

A B2B service delivering farm-fresh ingredients in exact recipe quantities to restaurants, reducing food waste by 40% through predictive demand algorithms, starting with fast-casual chains in the Midwest.

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9 days ago

A subscription box that delivers pre-portioned, farm-fresh ingredients and step-by-step AR recipes tailored to a user’s dietary goals.

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23 days ago 6 views

A platform that connects rural farmers with urban chefs for direct sourcing of hyper-local, seasonal ingredients via a subscription model.

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27 days ago

Voice-first recipe app that guides home cooks hands-free, using AI to adapt recipes in real-time based on ingredient substitutions and kitchen inventory scans.

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24 days ago

A startup delivering subscription boxes of hyper-local, farm-fresh ingredients with AR recipe guides that adapt to your pantry and dietary needs via app scans.

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1 month ago 5 views

A startup digitizing vintage family recipes into AI-guided cooking apps that adapt to modern ingredients and dietary needs for home chefs.

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1 month ago 1 views

Subscription service delivering hyper-localized farm-fresh ingredient kits for home chefs, paired with AR-guided cooking tutorials customized to your skill level.

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21 days ago

A startup that uses AI to scan and digitize family recipe books, then generates personalized cooking videos and grocery lists tailored to dietary needs and available ingredients.

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21 days ago

A startup delivering hyper-localized "mystery boxes" of surplus food from neighborhood farms and markets, reducing waste while providing restaurant-quality ingredients at 40% below retail.

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28 days ago

A startup digitizing family recipe books into interactive AR cookbooks, where users scan ingredients to get step-by-step holograms.

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1 month ago 2 views

An AI-powered service matching surplus restaurant ingredients with nearby home chefs for custom meal kits, reducing food waste and delivering hyper-local recipes.

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1 month ago

A startup digitizing vintage family recipes with AR overlays, allowing users to scan ingredients and follow interactive holograms for perfect cooking results.

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1 month ago 4 views

A subscription box service delivering hyper-local, farm-fresh ingredients kits optimized for air fryers, with AR recipe guides.

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26 days ago

A startup delivering pre-portioned mystery ingredient boxes for kids' cooking classes, with AR recipes that teach math and science through meal prep.

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28 days ago

A platform for freelance chefs to create and sell personalized weekly meal kits using AI to match ingredients to users' dietary needs and local grocery availability.

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1 month ago

B2B service delivering farm-fresh ingredients in bulk to urban restaurants via drone drops, cutting costs and ensuring peak freshness in high-density cities.

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26 days ago

A startup delivering customizable "mystery meal kits" where AI curates recipes from your fridge photo uploads, with ingredients arriving pre-portioned to minimize waste.

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1 month ago 2 views

A startup that generates personalized meal plans from users' fridge photos, partnering with grocery delivery services for one-click reordering of missing ingredients.

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11 days ago

An AI tool that scans handwritten recipe notes from family cookbooks and turns them into searchable digital meal plans with ingredient substitutions.

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25 days ago 5 views

A startup that gamifies meal planning by matching users' leftover ingredients with global recipes, reducing food waste while teaching cooking skills.

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1 month ago

B2B service delivering pre-assembled urban farming kits to rooftops, complete with IoT sensors for automated watering and crop monitoring, targeted at restaurants seeking fresh, local ingredients.

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1 month ago

A B2B marketplace for restaurants to source surplus ingredients from other kitchens in real-time, reducing food waste and costs.

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1 month ago

A B2B service automating compliance for small craft breweries, tracking ingredients, labels, and regulations via blockchain to prevent fines, with tiered pricing per production volume.

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1 month ago

SaaS platform for restaurants to predict and automate ingredient orders using AI-driven waste analytics from kitchen cameras.

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1 month ago

Subscription box service delivering hyper-local, farm-fresh ingredient kits with AR recipe guides that overlay cooking steps on your phone camera, reducing food waste and supporting small farmers.

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1 month ago 1 views

Subscription box service delivering pre-portioned mystery ingredients for home fermentation experiments, like kombucha or kimchi.

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1 month ago

A startup delivering customizable "mystery ingredient" boxes to home cooks, paired with AI recipe generators based on pantry scans.

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1 month ago

A SaaS tool for freelance chefs to manage pop-up events, sourcing ingredients from local farms and handling payments in one dashboard.

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1 month ago

Service delivering farm-fresh mystery ingredient boxes with AI-generated recipes tailored to dietary needs and zero-food-waste challenges.

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1 month ago

An AI-powered service that scans users' fridge photos to generate weekly meal plans using only expiring ingredients, with auto-generated shopping lists for the rest.

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1 month ago

Subscription boxes of pre-portioned, farm-fresh ingredients for home fermentation, including kits for kombucha, kimchi, and hot sauce with guided app tutorials for beginners.

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1 month ago 1 views

A B2B service delivering farm-fresh ingredients to urban restaurants via drone in under 15 minutes, bypassing traffic for zero-waste kitchens.

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1 month ago

A startup that gamifies urban foraging, guiding users to edible wild plants in cities while partnering with restaurants for fresh ingredient sourcing.

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1 month ago

SaaS for restaurants to predict ingredient waste with AI, optimizing orders and reducing food costs by integrating with POS systems.

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1 month ago 5 views

A platform for freelance chefs to offer virtual cooking classes with real-time ingredient delivery partnerships in emerging markets.

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1 month ago 8 views

A B2B tool for restaurants to predict ingredient spoilage using AI and IoT sensors, reducing food waste and optimizing supplier orders.

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1 month ago 5 views

An AI-powered recipe generator for home cooks that scans your fridge contents via photo and suggests zero-waste meals tailored to dietary needs, partnering with grocery delivery for missing ingredients.

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1 month ago

A startup that turns family recipe books into interactive digital experiences, allowing users to scan handwritten recipes and get step-by-step video guidance, ingredient substitutions, and shopping lists.

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1 month ago 6 views

B2B marketplace connecting restaurants with surplus ingredients to local food banks and charities, optimizing waste reduction with logistics.

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