Food Restrictions & Diet Labels

Use this feature together with Nutritional Plans and Recipe and Dish Recommendations to generate truly personalized, compliant meal options.

Plan & Token Requirements

Feature available in the following LogMeal Plans:

Accessible by the following User Types:

What It Does

Food Restrictions allow you to define what foods, ingredients, or nutrient categories a user cannot consume due to allergies, medical conditions, or preferences. These restrictions can be automatically applied when generating meal recommendations, nutritional plans, or dish suggestions, ensuring safe and personalized outputs.

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When to Use It / Outcomes

• You want to exclude allergens or disliked foods from user recommendations.
• You need to enforce medical dietary rules (e.g., low sodium, gluten-free, lactose-free).
• You manage large user groups with specific restrictions (e.g., vegan, halal, diabetic).
• Output: JSON confirming restriction creation/update/deletion or a list of all restrictions defined per user.

Feature-Specific Details

• Restriction types: Ingredients, dishes, allergens, nutrient-based thresholds, or tags (e.g., “no pork”, “low sodium”, “avoid sugar”).
• Integration: restrictions are respected in Meal Recommendations, Nutritional Plans, and Goal Adjustments.
• Personalization: each restriction is stored per user and can be updated at any time.
• Localization: all restriction labels and nutrient names can be localized.

Related Endpoints

Use the following endpoints to create, list, and manage food restrictions:

• GET /profile/getUserProfileInfo → 🔴 Retrieve a user’s profile, including current restrictions and preferences.
• GET /managers/getUserProfileInfo/{userId} → ⚫ 🔵 Retrieve profile information for a specific managed user.
• POST /profile/modifyUserProfileInfo → 🔴 Add or modify user food restrictions directly within the user profile.
• POST /managers/modifyUserProfileInfo/{userId} → ⚫ 🔵 Add or modify restrictions for managed users.

Typical Workflow

1. Retrieve current restrictions: call GET /profile/getUserProfileInfo to list a user’s active restrictions.
2. Add or update restrictions: update preferences via POST /profile/modifyUserProfileInfo or the manager equivalent.
3. Validate meal compatibility: the system automatically filters meals in Recipe Recommendation and Nutritional Plans.