NutriOptimize

AI Recipe & Nutrition Optimizer

A multi-objective optimizer that reformulates recipes for better nutrition while preserving taste, blending nutritional science and bioavailability heuristics with constrained optimization.

Methods & contributions

• Constrained optimization — SLSQP over a USDA-style nutrition database with dietary constraints and per-serving scaling.
• Bioavailability-aware — accounts for heme vs non-heme iron, oxalate-bound calcium, and curcumin–piperine synergy.
• Substitution engine — ingredient swaps that satisfy AHA/DRI targets (saturated fat, sodium).
• Meal planning — extends single-recipe optimization to multi-meal plans via a FastAPI service.

Data flow

recipe → nutrition vectors → SLSQP (maximize nutrition
       s.t. taste + dietary constraints) → substitutions

Technologies