Turn a plate photo into a fully costed recipe.
Upload a photo of any dish. Vision models segment ingredients, estimate portions, draft yield lines, and produce a reviewable costing card — without typing every line by hand.
500K+
Plates costed
12K+
Independent operators
98.4%
AI extraction accuracy
Best-in-class AI Dish Scanner for independent operators
Vision segmentation
Specialized food-vision models isolate each component on the plate — proteins, starches, sauces, and garnishes — so costing starts from structured data, not guesswork.
Portion estimation
Weight and volume estimates are proposed per line item. Adjust once and the system remembers your standard for that recipe going forward.
Yield-aware costing
Trim, cook shrink, and prep loss are applied at the ingredient level so EP (edible portion) cost — not AP (as purchased) — drives your margin math.
Human-in-the-loop review
Every AI draft is reviewable. Chefs confirm or override lines before the recipe enters your live menu costing database.
Price index sync
When Sysco, US Foods, or local distributor invoices update an ingredient, every recipe using that SKU recalculates automatically.
Export & print specs
Generate costed spec sheets and prep cards for line cooks — same numbers your P&L expects on the pass.
From raw inputs to actionable plate cost
Multi-ingredient segmentation from a single food photo
Photograph the finished plate or prep station setup from the CulinaryInventory app.
Automatic draft recipe cards with editable yield factors
Neural segmentation identifies proteins, produce, sauces, and garnishes with confidence scores.
Distributor SKU mapping and pack-size normalization
The model drafts ingredient lines with estimated weights and suggests EP yield coefficients.
Live recalculation when supplier unit costs change
You confirm pack sizes, distributor codes, and trim loss — the engine locks plate cost instantly.
Most operators never document true recipes. Prep varies by cook, yields differ by supplier, and menu prices were set before commodity spikes. Manual entry takes hours per dish and goes stale the moment distributor prices move.
- ✓Multi-ingredient segmentation from a single food photo
- ✓Automatic draft recipe cards with editable yield factors
- ✓Distributor SKU mapping and pack-size normalization
- ✓Live recalculation when supplier unit costs change
- Cost a signature dish in under two minutes instead of an afternoon in spreadsheets
- Capture how the dish is actually built, not how it was built three years ago
- Keep menu margins honest when wholesale prices spike mid-quarter
Start using AI Dish Scanner today.
Try CulinaryInventory free — cost one dish and see if the numbers surprise you.