After acquiring the cooking app Whisk in 2019, Samsung has launched its own AI-powered meal-prepping and recipe recommendation app called Samsung Food. Available in 104 countries, the app boasts an impressive collection of 160,000 recipes curated in eight languages, including English, Spanish, Korean, German, French, and Italian. This diverse array of recipes not only allows users to explore various delicacies and curate their favorites but also to create weekly meal plans.
Additionally, when users save a recipe, the Samsung Food app uses its AI capabilities to standardize formats and generate smart shopping lists based on the required ingredients. Moreover, the app also offers the flexibility to customize recipes, transforming them into vegan or vegetarian alternatives, adjusting nutritional elements by substituting ingredients, and even making fusion dishes that blend diverse culinary traditions.
“By connecting digital appliances and mobile devices across the Samsung ecosystem and assisting users from shopping list to dinner plate, Samsung Food is using advanced AI capabilities to deliver a highly personalized, all-in-one food experience that users can control straight from their palms,” said Samsung executive Chanwoo Park.
Incorporating with other Samsung appliances
While the prospect of an AI meal-prepping app is an exciting idea, what sets the Samsung Food app apart is its ability to synchronize with compatible smart appliances. This transforms the app into a virtual culinary assistant, ensuring recipes align flawlessly with specific appliance settings. Additionally, users can configure timers, preheat ovens, and adjust cooking parameters on their Samsung appliances, all managed through the SmartThings home system. Moreover, the app also connects with the Samsung Health app, offering a comprehensive approach to well-being by syncing parameters like BMI and calorie intake.
Furthermore, when talking about 2024, Samsung is working on a technology called “Vision AI,” which will enable the app to recognize food items using smartphone cameras and provide instant nutritional insights.
“By analyzing food items, the app can recommend the best recipes to use them with, save these recipes to the user’s collection and add the required ingredients to a shopping list, all in a few taps,” reads Samsung’s blog post.