Kitchen FAQs

Please see below on how to add a new storage space.

First, please ensure you are on the Storage View screen within the Kitchen (by clicking on the House icon). Then click on the Overflow icon (three dots) at the top right corner of your screen.

Then click the 'Edit Storage Spaces' option.

Then click 'Add Space':

You can share your Kitchen (which will become the master kitchen) with your partner or more family members by using the Share Kitchen feature from the Profile Page. This generates a unique link for each family member (you will have to generate a new link separately for each member) which you can then share with them. Once they click on the link to accept (if they haven't downloaded the app as yet, the link will first take them to the App/Play Store), their Kitchen syncs with yours and now they will see the same shelves, products, etc and they can add, delete or update the common kitchen. Any Shopping Lists you create will also be shared with your family as well. You can see more details in the short video here for Sharing the Kitchen.

To disconnect, you can go to the Profile page and disconnect from the Shared Kitchen.
 

To see the Shared Shopping List, they simply need to click on the All Shopping Lists icon and select the Shared Shopping List.

Here you can see all of your shopping lists, including all active and past lists.

In case while adding a product, you do not find it in our DB, you can use the Create option to still add the item to your inventory.

When scanning your items

When manually adding items with Text Search

When scanning an item, our users have the option to edit any incorrect product details, as shown in the image below. For example, if you see the wrong image or incorrect product name with the scanned barcode, you have the option to edit and correct it.

In the below screen image you can see how to edit

Click the Save button once done editing the Product Details.

Associated ingredients are what we use to help us find the best possible recipes for a given product, since recipes on the web rarely use branded products but use generic ingredients instead. If your desired associated ingredient isn't available, we suggest using the closest or most similar substitute. This ensures you can still find recipes for the product using that associated ingredient.

Sometimes you may find that after searching and selecting an associated ingredient, the displayed name is different from the one selected. This is because we classify various names and very similar versions of an ingredient under a single parent ingredient name so as to give you the best recipe recommendations and it is this parent ingredient name that is displayed. For example, the card may show the associated ingredient as "eggplant," even if you initially selected and associated the product with "diced aubergines.".

Our algorithm sometimes does get these classifications wrong and classifies an ingredient under the wrong parent. If you see such a scenario, please do let us know by email or raising a flag in the app and our team will promptly correct it.

If you wish to add the same item/product multiple times separately (and not just increase quantity), you can do that by again entering the item and changing the expiry date from the one previously entered (or choosing a different storage space for the newly added item compared to the previous one).

Basically, the app consolidates the same product/item only if both the assigned storage space and the expiry dates are the same. Please see this video for more details.

Our users can use our sort function if they want to sort the items in their Kitchen (available next to the option to switch to List View, on the right above the product cards).

Options include: by expiry date, product category, name, and last added. Choosing Custom sorting orders the items by any rearrangement previously done manually by the user. Clicking on the same sort option a second time, switches the order from ascending to descending. See examples in the images below.

Sorting your items in the Single-Screen View
 

Sorting your items in the Multi-Tabs View with Storage Spaces

Users can save private notes about their items/products. Simply open the product card of your item by tapping on it and scroll down to the Product Details section.

To search within your kitchen using the scanner or to simply scan out items, tap on the search icon inside the Kitchen page and then the barcode icon in the search field. This will open the scanner, within which scanning an existing barcode, will show you the quantity remaining, wherein your Kitchen it is stored and the option to delete it, if necessary. Please note that you can also just type the barcode number to search inside your kitchen, without having to necessarily scan the item itself.

For Voice Search

To add multiple items using voice search, simply speak all names of the items one after the other, and our app will automatically identify each item for you to add to your pantry. In case, it is unable to identify and item, they will be listed separately, like the example below (see for beef).

Also, products that have missing associated ingredients (because our algorithm couldn't decipher the product) will automatically get organized in the 'Products not associated' category. In such cases where it's missing, you can add the associated ingredient and that will move the product to the right predefined category.

For Text Search

To add multiple items using text search, simply type the name of the first ingredient and select it from the search results. Then, proceed to type in the next ingredient and select it from the results, and so on and so forth. Once done, click on the Add Items button at the bottom of the page, after which you will see a summary of all the items, with the option to update quantities if required.