Culina — AI Meal Tracker

Photo-first meal logging with ingredient recognition and macro estimates to cut logging time. The flow guides users to confirm or adjust results quickly and saves favorites for repeat meals. Emphasis is on fast capture, clear feedback, and simple history browsing.

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Technologies Used

React Native (Expo)TypeScriptFirebaseOpenAI or Gemini API

The Problem

Manual food logging is tedious. Photos are faster but still need accurate ingredient and macro estimates.

What I Built

Photo-first logging that proposes ingredients and macros, then lets you confirm or adjust in one screen. Saves favorites for repeat meals and keeps the flow minimal.

Tech Notes

React Native (Expo), TypeScript, Firebase, vision/LLM API for ingredient detection, nutrition DB mapping, local caching and privacy-first defaults.

Current Status

MVP that handles single-plate meals with quick edits.

What's Next

Multi-item parsing, barcode fallback, macro targets, weekly summaries and trends.

Rhythm Panchal