Indo-German AI app that will track food on your plate launched in UT
NutriAIDE has been built with artificial intelligence by using image recognition technology which can identify food by scanning or taking a food picture with a mobile and also shows the nutritional value of the food the user has consumed.
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esigned to investigate and address crucial aspects of food practices and nutrition-related decision-making, the app will be available free of cost. (Representational Image) In an Indo-German collaboration, NutriAIDE, an AI-powered app that will scan the food on the table, calculate the calorie intake and track nutritional choices, was launched in Chandigarh this week.
Designed to investigate and address crucial aspects of food practices and nutrition-related decision-making, the app will be available free of cost. NutriAIDE is a product of Indo-German collaboration under the aegis of ICMR – National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, and has been pioneered by three German-based universities: Augsburg University, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam – Rehbrücke, and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy gGmbH, along with Calvry Wellness, a health tech start-up incubated at Software Technology Park of India (STPI).
The app whose prototype was launched in the Union Territory (UT) serves as a tool for consumers to measure their personal food practices by scanning the serving food on the table to calculate the amount of calorie intake.
NutriAIDE has been built with artificial intelligence by using image recognition technology which can identify food by scanning or taking a food picture with a mobile and also shows the nutritional value of the food the user has consumed.
Professor (Dr) Markus Keck, Human Geographer and Chair of Urban Climate Resilience, Augsburg Center for Climate Resilience, Germany who drafted the principal ideas behind this collaboration said this project is an opportunity to truly use “transformative science that will make a lasting contribution to improving nutrition in India”.
Dr Subbarao Gavaravarapu, Scientist and Head – Nutrition, ICMR – NIN, Hyderabad said that the project takes a multi-level approach and examines the benefits and drawbacks of self-quantification among urban middle-class consumers in India. “The app intends to empower and inform users not only about the nutritional aspects of foods but promote healthier and more sustainable diets.”
Vineet Singh, CEO of Calvry Wellness, who conceptualised this project and is the winner of Tie-Con 2020 Award providing an AI-based food and nutrition recognition platform said that the app boosts consumers in transforming unhealthy and unsustainable dietary patterns, which often involve the consumption of industrially processed foods and excessive intake of sugar, salt, proteins, calories and fat.
In this prototype phase, Singh added, customisation is still limited, but in the next phase, personal goal setting including diversifying between and among food groups, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and requirements for diets will be added. “Moreover, intake will be adjustable to professional lifestyle and individual movement/sports practices. NutriAIDE tracks the psychology behind food consumption and makes it more intelligent,” he said.
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