Fridge scan: cook from what you've got

How it works

1. Tap the camera icon in the Groceries tab header.
2. Snap photos of anything you want identified — whole shelves, drawer contents, or close-ups of single items. Mix and match. 3–6 photos is plenty for most fridges.
3. Tap Identify when you've covered what you care about.
4. Confirm the items we found (uncheck anything we got wrong) and pick a recipe from the matches.

Privacy: we don't keep the photos

The photos go to Google Gemini for ingredient identification only. They're deleted from our storage the moment Gemini responds — nothing about the photos or the items is retained.

Staples are credited automatically

Your Staples (salt, oil, soy sauce, etc.) are added to the matched-pantry without you having to photograph them. Recipes won't be ranked low for asking for salt.

Manage staples from Groceries → ⋯ → Staples.

Tips for better matches

• Mix angles: a wide shot of a shelf plus a close-up of that bunch of herbs both work — combine them in one scan.
• Open the door fully — back shelves matter.
• Pull crisper / freezer drawers out if you want what's inside identified.
• Use the flash button (top-right) for dim shelves.
• Tap a thumbnail to remove it if a photo turned out blurry.

What if no recipes match?

We only suggest recipes covered at 70%+ by what we see plus your staples. If nothing matches, try a few more photos (we may have missed an ingredient) or import a recipe that fits what you've got. The matcher needs at least 5 recipes in your library — below that we'll prompt you to import.

Why scan-on-demand instead of a tracked pantry?

Most cooks open the fridge when they're planning a meal — they don't track inventory mentally. Scan when you're ready to cook, get suggestions, done. If you want a typed list of always-available items, that's what Staples is for.