AI Approach
More than "powered by AI."
Generative AI is only useful when it understands the context of your home, your kitchen and your evening. Here's how IO Recipe thinks about meals.
The flow
From your pantry to a confident recommendation.
Step 01
Available ingredients
What you actually have, what's expiring, and how much of it.
Step 02
AI understands
Pantry, household, time, budget, preferences and food-waste signals — all considered together.
Step 03
Best recommendation
A small, confident handful — with a clear reason for each.
15-Min Tomato Pasta
100% matchMediterranean Bowl
92% matchStep 04
Guided cooking
One step at a time. Gentle timers. Supportive microcopy. The assistant follows you into the kitchen.
The evaluation
Every meal is scored across the things that actually matter at home.
Not just ingredient matching. The assistant weighs the real-world trade-offs of a Tuesday evening.
Available ingredients
What's actually in your pantry tonight.
Nutrition
Variety, balance and gentle dietary alignment.
Practicality
Realistic to cook with your tools and skill.
Cooking time
Fits the time you actually have available.
Dietary preferences
Allergies, restrictions and household tastes.
Affordability
Real cost per meal across your household.
Food waste reduction
Prefers ingredients that need using soonest.
How we use AI
Quiet. Explained. Always optional.
AI should support a human decision, not replace it. Every recommendation comes with a short explanation so you can quickly decide whether to trust it tonight.
Explainable by default
"Great use of ingredients expiring soon." "You already have 80% of the ingredients." Every card includes a reason.
Conservative with assumptions
When the assistant isn't sure, it asks instead of guessing — politely.
Respectful of your data
Pantry and preferences exist to serve your meals, not to power ad targeting.
Your pantry
32 ingredients
Use these first
Milk, spinach and mushrooms are expiring soon. Use them first.
Spinach
2 daysMilk
3 daysTomatoes
5 daysMushrooms
2 daysAI recommendations
Tonight's picks
15-Min Tomato Pasta
Great use of ingredients already in your fridge.
Mediterranean Bowl