Can you imagine a tool to change a recipe?  This tool would make food more interesting or help our health?  Cooking is a common hobby for many people.  Food brings joy to so many people.  It is central to many  cultures.  Not everyone can enjoy every dish.  Many people have certain diets.  Food allergies are a challenge.  So are medical conditions.  Specialized diets are becoming more common today.

        The tool, called AdaptaFood, is designed for this purpose.  It can modify recipes.  AdaptaFood can take two types of inputs.  It can take a picture of a recipe, or it can take a list of ingredients.  It has to figure out what ingredients are in the recipe.  The system uses a model to understand the ingredients.  The model searches for hidden connections.  The hidden connections are between the ingredients.  It looks for these connections in order to identify replacement ingredients.  So if there is a food you can't eat due to allergies, the system can give an alternative.

        The attention-based language model is a bit scary.  This may sound complicated.  But it is really not!  The model works by understanding the words.  It "reads" the words in the recipe.  The model learns the meanings.  It finds the connections between ingredients.  If an ingredient is removed, it can replace it with another.  The outcomes are high-quality recipes.

        The system can take multiple recipes.   It can blend them in a new way.  It can help people with very specific diets.  Many of these diets have strict rules.  The tool can deal with all the possibilities.

        The results showed the system is successful.  It has learned a lot about food.  This is due to the system retraining itself.  It's like a recipe guide.  The system learns through the repetition and practice.  The system keeps improving.  It recognizes various recipes and ingredients.  It can adjust the ingredients to different diets.

        So the goal of this system is to make cooking more inclusive.  It also makes cooking more enjoyable.  People with specific dietary needs can still enjoy food.  They can try different recipes.  They can enjoy the same food experiences.

Cooking Smarter: Adjusting Recipes for Different Diets

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