WHAT IT IS?
It’s a struggle for parents. How do I get my children to eat more vegetables? We all know eating vegetables is good for our health but after the numerous tantrums at the dinner table, parents stop trying and give in with the mac and (mostly) cheese. Parents, you can let your children eat more vegetables. The new app “Happy Plate” from Foodpairing and STOP (Science and Technology in childhood Obesity Policy) can help you plan and cook easy vegetable-rich recipes for picky eaters. So how will that work? Well, with flavor IDs. Every family member has their own flavor ID with their favorite types of flavors. The algorithm that Foodpairing uses is capable to extract what the molecules are that drive the liking of each family member, even the picky eaters. And by combining all those flavor IDs, the app can suggest recipes that everyone in the family likes!
WHY IT’S COOL?
- Personalized flavor IDs for each family member.
- Make classic, easy and well-known recipes such as pasta pesto, but then with a pesto with 3 hidden vegetables!
- Step by step explanation of the recipes to help parents with preparing the dish (even with a timer for the pasta!).
- When a vegetable is not in season or is unavailable, the technology of the app also shows you a new vegetable with the same flavor notes that you can use.
- No more fussing at the dinner table (do we need to say more?).
- Curious and want to make your own flavor ID? Go to https://my.flavor.id/signup and find out for free what your personalized flavor id is.
WHY IT HAS FUTURE GROWTH POTENTIAL?
What’s also hidden is the global issue that we face, child obesity. The number of children with obesity is growing every day. Using the technology of the personalized flavoring, this problem can be tackled. The personal flavor recommendations increase the vegetable intake among children and make healthy cooking easier for parents at home. When we globally apply this technology in our everyday life, child obesity can decrease. The only problem is that this app is still in the prototype phase and is more focused on wealthier countries where food supply is taken for granted. And when we look at the places where childhood obesity increases, these are the places where people live below the poverty line.
Sources:
https://www.eatingthegap.foodpairing.com/
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
6 comments
Cool to see an app that recommends you to cook healthy, seasonal foods! No need to go through the dilemma of searching for and choosing a recipe anymore
There are many platforms that actually help you choose healthy meal, however some meals include ingredients that some people dislike, or maybe are allergic to. Now, personalization is what everyone needs and “Happy Plate” shows that it is possible to choose a healthy meal with your own personalization.
It’s nice to know that such a platform exists on the market!
There is an app for everything…
Sometimes I get tired (and not only me) from all those app that regulate your life. People now watching an app to assess whether they have slept well during the night, in stead of simply: feeling. But this IS an enriching app. Having three kids raised I know how pricky they can eat. When this really works – would love to see someone actively giving it a try and let us know – Then It Is something. Cool! Thanks. Hope you stay with us. Carl
As a “picky eater kid”, I would enjoy a lot if in my childhood there was an app like this. I discovered that I LOVE vegetables only as an adult, when I started experimenting with other ways of preparing them, different from what my parents used to do at home (not because they cook poorly, just because we have very different taste preferences, hahaha). The app is supposed to fight childhood obesity, but I particularly see much greater potential as a good “food educator” and “individual preference leveler for groups”. It’s a family wellbeing app =) Really really cool. I hope an official version can be released soon!