Top 10 AI in Food
From “what’s for dinner?” to salmon farms and robot chefs: how AI is changing what we cook, eat and grow.
Top 10 AI Tools › AI in Food
1. Your AI assistant as chef
Take a photo of what’s in your fridge and ask for dinner ideas, or get a full week’s meal plan with a shopping list, in Norwegian if you like. It can also adjust recipes for allergies, budgets or “only 20 minutes”. (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini)
Price: Free versions available
2. Samsung Food
AI meal-planning and recipe app: save recipes from any website, plan your week, build shopping lists automatically and get ideas based on what you have at home. (Samsung)
Price: Free; Food+ subscription for extras
3. Photo calorie counters (Cal AI, Foodvisor)
Snap a photo of your plate and AI estimates calories and nutrients. Foodvisor is especially good with European food. (Cal AI, Foodvisor)
Price: Free tiers; premium from about $8/month
4. Samsung Bespoke AI fridge
Cameras inside the fridge and Google Gemini recognise what you put in, keep track of it and remind you when your usual items are running low. (Samsung)
Price: Premium fridge
5. Vivino
Scan any wine label to see ratings, prices and food pairings, and get personal wine recommendations. (Vivino (Denmark))
Price: Free app
6. Winnow
A camera and scale above the kitchen bin recognise over 1,000 types of food as they’re thrown away, so restaurants and canteens (like IKEA and Hilton) can waste less and save money. (Winnow)
Price: For professional kitchens
7. Aquabyte
Underwater AI cameras watch farmed salmon, count sea lice and estimate fish weight and welfare, without taking the fish out of the water. Norwegian AI helping Norway’s biggest food export. (Aquabyte (Bergen))
Price: For fish farms
8. NotCo “Giuseppe”
An AI that figures out which plant ingredients can recreate the taste and texture of milk, mayo or meat, used to create plant-based foods. (NotCo)
Price: In shops in several countries
9. John Deere See & Spray
AI cameras on farm sprayers spot weeds among the crops and spray only the weeds, so farmers use much less weed killer. (John Deere)
Price: For farmers
10. Flippy the robot cook
An AI-powered robot arm that fries food in restaurant kitchens, taking on hot, repetitive work. (Miso Robotics)
Price: For restaurants
Bonus: more AI for food lovers
- Google Lens – Point your camera at a dish or ingredient to find out what it is and how to make it.
- Perplexity – Find restaurants, menus and opening hours with sources.
- Microsoft Aurora & WeatherNext – AI weather forecasts help farmers plan planting and harvest (see our AI in Space page).
AI calorie and nutrition estimates are approximate. If you have allergies or a medical diet, always check the labels and talk to a professional.
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This page is part of our Top 10 AI Tools (2026) guide, with 170+ hand-picked AI tools, agents and projects.