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# Features Overview

The Food AI Engine API provides a variety of services or features for food <Glossary>recognition</Glossary>, analysis, and recommendation. This page gives you a **bird’s-eye view** of all available features, grouped by their main purpose. Each feature has its own dedicated page where you can learn the **what / why / how** in detail.

> Inside each feature page you will find a detailed list of endpoints related to that feature. This will help you plan your integrations.

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## How to Read This Overview

Each feature entry shows:

* A short **description** of what it does.
* **Plan availability** (see [Plans & Limits](./guides-essential-concepts-plans-limits)) with icons:

  * <span style={{color:"#FFC933", fontWeight:"bold"}}><Glossary>Analyse</Glossary></span>: Essential food <Glossary>recognition</Glossary>, ingredients, and nutritional extraction.
  * <span style={{color:"#6FB3E7", fontWeight:"bold"}}><Glossary>Monitor</Glossary></span>: Extended monitoring features: <Glossary>history</Glossary>, <Glossary>goal</Glossary>s, custom <Glossary>occasions</Glossary>, and more.
  * <span style={{color:"#7EDC7B", fontWeight:"bold"}}><Glossary>Recommend</Glossary></span>: Advanced AI features: Nutri-Scores, recommendations, food <Glossary>quantity detection</Glossary>, food waste
  * <span style={{color:"#F08A05", fontWeight:"bold"}}><Glossary>Custom</Glossary></span>: Enterprise or custom integrations tailored to your needs.

> 🆓 <Glossary>Free (Trial)</Glossary> Tier
>
> When you first sign up, you get a 30-day Free trial with unlimited access to all endpoints across all plans.
> This allows you to explore every feature before committing to a paid plan. After 30 days, you’ll need to choose a paid subscription plan to continue.

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## Features & Minimum Plans

Below you’ll find all feature pages mapped to the **minimum plan** required. Click any card to jump to its page.

<Compatibility
title="Food Type Detection"
subtitle="Detect prepared food, drinks, fresh produce, or sauces; or flag non‑food images."
href="./guides-features-food-type"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Food Groups Detection"
subtitle="Detect broad food groups (meat, fish, vegetables, egg, rice) for high‑level diet analysis."
href="./guides-features-food-groups-detection"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Several Dishes Recognition"
subtitle="Detect and separate multiple dishes in one photo with regions and predictions."
href="./guides-features-several-dishes-recognition"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Multi-language Responses & Localized Food Names"
subtitle="Return localized food names and other supported labels using the user's preferred language or a per-request language."
href="./guides-features-multi-language-support"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Unified Food Search"
subtitle="Search dishes, ingredients, favorites, custom recipes and stored barcode products through one normalized interface."
href="./guides-features-unified-food-search"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Ingredients Information"
subtitle="Extract standardized ingredients and quantities for a detected dish."
href="./guides-features-ingredients-information"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Nutritional Information"
subtitle="Return energy, macros and key micros for dishes or ingredient lists."
href="./guides-features-nutritional-information"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Ingredients Edition"
subtitle="Let users edit serving sizes and per‑ingredient quantities."
href="./guides-features-ingredients-edition"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Recommended Daily Intake"
subtitle="Personalize daily energy and nutrients from the user's profile."
href="./guides-features-recommended-daily-intake"
plans={{Analyse: true, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Remaining Daily Intake"
subtitle="Show nutrients remaining today based on goals minus today's intakes."
href="./guides-features-remaining-daily-intake"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Intakes History"
subtitle="Query intakes between dates and get daily/weekly totals and summaries."
href="./guides-features-intakes-history"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Barcode Scanner"
subtitle="Scan a barcode to fetch a matched dish and optionally create an intake."
href="./guides-features-barcode-scanner"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Occasion Detection"
subtitle="Auto‑assign meal occasion by time; supports overrides and custom groups."
href="./guides-features-occasion-detection"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Custom Occasions"
subtitle="Define custom occasion groups and time windows with localized labels."
href="./guides-features-custom-occasions"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Nutritional Plans"
subtitle="Create plans (e.g., Balanced, Weight Loss) that auto‑define daily goals."
href="./guides-features-nutritional-plans"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Daily Nutritional Goals"
subtitle="Set per‑user goals (kcal/macros; micros on higher plans) powering RDI."
href="./guides-features-daily-nutritional-goals"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Custom Nutritional Indicators"
subtitle="Define company‑specific indicators (name, unit, translations)."
href="./guides-features-custom-nutritional-indicators"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Nutritional Reports and Summaries"
subtitle="Generate period‑based summaries and simple nutrition reports."
href="./guides-features-nutritional-reports-summaries"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Manual or Assigned Intakes"
subtitle="Create intakes without images by specifying dishes, ingredients, and quantity."
href="./guides-features-manual-intakes"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Manual Water Intake Tracking"
subtitle="Log water, undo recent quantities, and retrieve direct-water and fluid totals."
href="./guides-features-manual-water-intake-tracking"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Custom Recipes"
subtitle="Create company recipes with fixed ingredients and quantities for precise logging."
href="./guides-features-custom-recipes"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Favorite Meals"
subtitle="Save and reuse go‑to meals to speed up logging."
href="./guides-features-favorite-meals"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Body Measurements"
subtitle="Track weight, height, BMI, etc., for personalized goals and progress."
href="./guides-features-body-measurements"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Units of Measurement"
subtitle="Manage units (g, ml, cups, tbsp) and show user‑preferred measures."
href="./guides-features-units-of-measurement"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Easy Ingredients Modulation"
subtitle="Adjust salt, sugar, and oil levels; auto‑recalculate nutrition."
href="./guides-features-easy-ingredients-modulation"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="External Management"
subtitle="Sync users, intakes, and nutrition with external systems or EHRs."
href="./guides-features-external-management"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: true, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Food Restrictions and Diet Labels"
subtitle="Manage restrictions/intolerances; enforce in plans and recommendations."
href="./guides-features-food-restrictions"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Variety Score"
subtitle="Measure dietary diversity over time using groups and frequency."
href="./guides-features-variety-score"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Nutritional Scoring"
subtitle="Compute Nutri‑Score (A–E) for foods, dishes, or full meals."
href="./guides-features-nutri-scores"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Recipe and Dish Recommendation"
subtitle="Suggest recipes based on preferences, goals, and available ingredients."
href="./guides-features-recipe-and-dish-recommendation"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Food Quantity Detection"
subtitle="Estimate portion sizes from images; return volume/serving per item."
href="./guides-features-quantity-estimation"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Food Waste Detection"
subtitle="Detect and quantify leftovers from pre/post meal images."
href="./guides-features-food-waste-estimation"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: true, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="User Feedback (Dysphagia)"
subtitle="Submit texture/consistency feedback for safer meals in dysphagia."
href="./guides-features-user-feedback-dysphagia"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: false, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Food Recognition APP White Label"
subtitle="Launch a branded nutrition app powered by LogMeal AI."
href="./guides-features-app-white-label"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: false, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Nutrition Management Platform Service"
subtitle="Access and manage intakes and analytics in the professional Platform."
href="./guides-features-logmeal-platform-service"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: false, Custom: true}}
/>

<Compatibility
title="Food Recognition Kiosk Integration"
subtitle="Link kiosk customers to APIUsers to sync intakes across products."
href="./guides-features-logmeal-kiosk-integration"
plans={{Analyse: false, Monitor: false, Recommend: false, Custom: true}}
/>

<Cards columns={1}>
  <Card title="Customized Services" href="https://logmeal.com/contact/" target="_blank" icon="fa-duotone fa-solid fa-envelope">
    Do you require a tailor-made Food AI solution? We can build custom tools and algorithms for image-based food detection and nutrition analysis.
  </Card>
</Cards>