RecipeBox AI
Scan your fridge, get recipes using what you have before it expires
Pain Score
Moderate Pain
Feasibility
Moderate
Revenue
Strong
Timing
Good Window
The Problem
Americans throw away $1,500 worth of food annually. People forget whats in their fridge. Recipe apps suggest meals requiring ingredients you dont have.
Pain Severity: Moderate but universal - affects every household. Environmental and financial guilt is real.
The Solution
An app that uses AI vision to scan your fridge/pantry and tracks what you have. Suggests recipes using ingredients about to expire. Sends alerts before things go bad.
Target Audience
Health-conscious millennials and Gen Z, families, anyone trying to reduce food waste. 130M US households.
Market Analysis
Market Size
$4.2B recipe app market + $2.8B food waste tech. Consumer food tech growing 18% annually.
Competition
All competitors are recipe discovery, not inventory-based. None use AI vision for fridge scanning. Fresh approach to overcrowded category.
MVP Execution Plan
Timeline: 14-18 weeks for MVP
Build AI vision model for food recognition
Create pantry inventory management system
Develop recipe matching algorithm (use what you have)
Build expiration tracking and alerts
Add shopping list generation for missing ingredients
Create meal planning with inventory optimization
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Revenue Model
Model Type
Freemium subscription
Pricing
Free (basic recipes), $4.99/mo premium (AI features, meal planning)
Projected MRR
$40K MRR achievable with 12K premium subscribers
Why Now?
GPT-4 Vision enables accurate food recognition. Food waste awareness at peak. Sustainability trending with Gen Z.
Proof Signals
Reddit Threads
r/Cooking - : "I wish there was an app that could see whats in my fridge and suggest recipes" (2.1K upvotes, exact ask)
r/MealPrepSunday - : "Always forget whats in my fridge until it goes bad. Any apps for this?" (567 upvotes)
r/ZeroWaste - : "Looking for tech to reduce my food waste. Ideas?" (456 upvotes)
Community Signals
Search Data
"what to cook with ingredients I have" 110K monthly, "fridge inventory app" 4K monthly
Trends
Food waste reduction trending. AI consumer apps growing. Sustainability apps seeing 3x growth.
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