Plate: What's in the food, and what it means

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Real questions, and the tools your agent calls to answer them.

What's in this? (photo of a barcode)

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lookup_product

Is this cereal okay for my 6-year-old?

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lookup_product

daily_targets

Does this have any dairy or sesame in it?

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allergen_check

Something like Honey Nut Cheerios with less sugar.

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swap_suggestions

How much protein is in two eggs and a cup of Greek yogurt?

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meal_tally

What is tripotassium phosphate and why is it in my cereal?

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additive_lookup

Is anything in my pantry recalled? Here's what I have.

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pantry_recall_check

Any listeria recalls this month?

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food_recalls

About

A food app shows a label. Plate tells you what it means. For a packaged food (barcode or name) it gives nutrition per serving with FDA's %Daily Value and low/high flags, Nutri-Score and NOVA processing group, allergens and traces, every additive by plain name and function, added sugars under all their names, and a verdict with the one thing to watch. For generic foods ('two eggs', 'a cup of rice') it gives USDA numbers with household portions, adds up a meal and sizes it against your own daily targets from the Dietary Guidelines. It checks products against the allergens you avoid, finds lower-sugar or lower-sodium swaps in the same category, decodes a pasted ingredient list, and searches FDA and USDA recalls — including a check of the products actually in your pantry. Open Food Facts, USDA FoodData Central, openFDA. No keys; nothing stored.

Sources: Open Food Facts (ODbL), USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (bundled), openFDA food enforcement, USDA-FSIS recalls, FDA Daily Values, Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025

Privacy

The publisher, Unify Dynamics LLC, states that tool inputs are processed in memory and not retained.

Data not collectedNo account, no profile, no stored prompts or results.

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What it can do

13 tools, grouped by job. Every one is read-only or compute-only.

OpenAPI

Packaged foods6 tools

Lookup productEverything on record for a packaged food, by barcode or name: nutrition per serving and per 100 g with %DV and FDA low/high flags, Nutri-Score and…
Search productsFind packaged products by words in their name (U.S.
Compare productsSide-by-side nutrition for two to five packaged foods (per serving or per 100 g) with %DV, plus who wins on sugar, sodium, saturated fat, fibre…
Allergen checkCheck a packaged food against the allergens a person avoids: 'declared' (on the label's allergen statement), 'may contain' (traces statement),…
Decode ingredientsRead an ingredient list the way a dietitian would: every additive by plain name and function (with regulatory notes where an authority has acted),…
Swap suggestionsBetter options in the same product category (sold in the U.S.), ranked for the goal, with the numbers per 100 g next to the original so the…

Generic foods & targets3 tools

NutritionCalories and nutrients for a generic (unbranded) food in the amount asked — with %DV, FDA low/high flags, the household portions on record (1…
Meal tallyAdd up a meal or a day: calories, protein, fibre, sugars, sodium, saturated fat and more across the foods listed (generic USDA foods with…
Daily targetsWhat a person of this age, sex and activity level should aim for in a day per the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025: calories, MyPlate…

Recalls & reference4 tools

Food recallsRecent U.S.
Pantry recall checkCheck a list of products against recent FDA (and, when reachable, USDA-FSIS) recalls: for each item, the matching recalls by product words and…
Additive lookupWhat an additive is and what it does, by name or E-number: plain name, function class (colour, preservative, emulsifier…) and any regulatory note…
SourcesWhere Plate's data comes from, its licences, coverage and known gaps — so the agent can answer "where is this from" and set expectations (e.g.…