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Build a Recipe With the Ingredients You Have — Just Snap a Photo

Snap a photo of your pantry or fridge, fine-tune the detected ingredients and instantly get recipes, meal ideas and smart shopping lists that help you save money and reduce food waste.

Instant recipes, smart lists, and less food waste from one photo

Free to start, no credit card required

Loved by home cooks reducing food waste worldwide

See how Pantry Pic turns photos into recipes

How It Works: 5 Simple Steps

Scan

Snap a photo of your pantry or fridge

Ingredients

Instantly detects what you have

Recipes

Get personalised meal ideas

Shopping List

Add only missing items

Build a recipe with your ingredients

Build a recipe with your ingredients

Whether it's a packed pantry or a few odds and ends, Pantry Pic builds recipes from exactly what's on hand. Snap a photo, fine-tune the detected ingredients and get meals you can cook right now — like a recipe finder by ingredients, minus the typing.

Add or remove ingredients after the scan so recipes match what's really there

Get meal ideas that use up what you have before it expires

Free to start with 4 scans per month

Smart ingredient detection

Smart ingredient detection

Take a photo of your fridge, pantry, or leftovers. Pantry Pic instantly detects your ingredients and lets you edit, add, or remove items before generating recipes.

Recognises common pantry staples and fresh produce

Supports multiple photos for better accuracy

Learns over time from your cooking habits

Pantry Pic Smart ingredient detection showing recipes from photo
Pantry Pic Smart detects ingredients and generates personalised recipes

Ready to Clear Your Pantry?

Download Pantry Pic directly from your preferred app store:

Download on the App Store – Pantry Pic photo of ingredients to recipes appGet it on Google Play – Pantry Pic ingredient photo to recipe app

Recipe generator

Recipe generator

Turn detected ingredients, dietary preferences and cooking skill level into personalised recipes you can actually cook tonight. It works as a recipe finder by ingredients, suggesting dishes from what's already in your kitchen.

Adjust recipes based on who you’re cooking for

Filter by cuisine, time to cook, and difficulty

Save your favourite recipes and share them with friends

Smart shopping lists

Smart shopping lists

Missing ingredients from a recipe can be added instantly to a shopping list so you never forget what to buy.

Auto-add missing ingredients from any recipe

Keep separate lists for different stores or households

Share lists with family or housemates

Smart shopping list showing missing ingredients
Smart shopping list adds only missing ingredients

Reduce food waste

Reduce food waste

Use what you already have before it expires, inspire use-it-up meals, and save money each month on groceries.

Households around the world throw away food that could have become dinner. Pantry Pic helps turn forgotten ingredients into meals.

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Start Cooking Smarter Today

Download Pantry Pic directly from your preferred app store:

Download on the App Store – Pantry Pic photo of ingredients to recipes appGet it on Google Play – Pantry Pic ingredient photo to recipe app

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about photo to recipe apps

Answers to the most common questions about Pantry Pic

A photo to recipe app detects ingredients from photos of your fridge or pantry, then suggests personalised recipes based on what you have. It eliminates the guesswork of meal planning.

You take a photo of your ingredients, Pantry Pic identifies them, and then generates recipe suggestions tailored to your dietary preferences and cooking skill level.

Yes. Pantry Pic lets you snap a photo of your fridge, detects the ingredients automatically, and suggests recipes you can make with what you have.

Yes. Pantry Pic is designed exactly for this - it analyses your available ingredients and suggests recipes that match, helping you cook without extra shopping trips.

Pantry Pic is available on both iOS and Android. Download it from the App Store or Google Play.

You can download Pantry Pic for free with 4 scans per month. Optional Pro upgrade gives you unlimited scans.

Yes. Set your dietary preferences (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc.) and Pantry Pic will tailor all recipe suggestions to match.

By suggesting recipes that use ingredients you already have before they expire, helping you cook what is in your fridge instead of buying more food.

Yes. You can take multiple photos of your fridge, pantry, and countertop to capture all your available ingredients.

Yes. When you choose a recipe, Pantry Pic can add only the missing ingredients to a smart shopping list - no duplicates, no guesswork.

Yes. Pantry Pic is free to download and includes 4 scans per month, so you can photograph your ingredients and build recipes from them without paying anything. Each scan turns what's in your fridge or pantry into personalised recipe ideas.

Cook Something Amazing with What You Already Have

Join the movement to reduce food waste and make mealtime effortless. Pantry Pic turns your pantry into a recipe book — one snap at a time

Download Pantry Pic directly from your preferred app store:

Download on the App Store – Pantry Pic photo of ingredients to recipes appGet it on Google Play – Pantry Pic ingredient photo to recipe app

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