AI Meal Planning & Nutrition Management App 'Oishii Kenko' Updates LLM Image Analysis, Completing Records with One Photo

Oishii Kenko Inc. (CEO: Tetsuya Nojiri), which operates the AI meal planning and nutrition management app 'Oishii Kenko' under the concept of 'AI for the family,' has begun offering an image analysis function using LLM for meal recording within the app. This allows for more flexible estimation of meal content from a single photo than before, aiming to provide a satisfying meal recording experience.

■ Background of Development

Meal recording is an important method for health management and dietary therapy. However, in reality, it is not easy to continue recording in a busy daily life, and sometimes a certain level of specialized knowledge is required to understand nutritional intake from recorded content.

While 'recording with photos' is excellent for its ease of use, conventional image analysis often resulted in estimation results that did not perfectly match actual meals, requiring users to make manual corrections. Therefore, this new function adopts an analysis method utilizing LLM (Large Language Model) to improve estimation accuracy and achieve a smoother recording experience.

■ Overview of LLM Image Analysis

This function enables LLM to estimate meal content more naturally than before by analyzing the overall context of a meal photo. Furthermore, on iOS apps, estimation is also possible from photos of nutrition labels.

・Reduced operational effort: LLM estimates food based on the overall context of the image, reducing the hassle of misrecognition or re-selection.

・Easier to continue recording: Since meal content is automatically estimated from a single photo, steps such as text input can be significantly simplified.

・Accuracy of nutrition tracking: By recording content closer to actual meals, nutritional values such as energy and salt can be confirmed more accurately.

'LLM Image Analysis' screen image

■ Future Outlook: Towards 'AI for the family' that enables nutrition management without hassle

Under the service concept of 'Everyone can eat deliciously and healthily forever,' Oishii Kenko will continue to expand its meal support functions to realize individualized nutrition. The evolution of meal recording functions through AI utilization is not limited to input efficiency; we believe it forms the foundation for understanding each person's meals and providing an experience that can be continued effortlessly. Moving forward, through active AI utilization, we will continue to address food-related issues in households across various life stages, including disease prevention and treatment, pregnancy and childbirth, and nursing care.

■ Overview of AI Meal Planning & Nutrition Management App 'Oishii Kenko'

The AI meal planning and nutrition management app 'Oishii Kenko' is a personalized meal management service that proposes optimal meal plans and recipes tailored to health conditions, diseases, and food preferences using AI. Based on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's 'Dietary Reference Intakes for Japanese' and various clinical guidelines, as well as doctors' dietary instructions, it supports easy practice of prevention, diet, and disease-specific meal management at home.

App Name

'Oishii Kenko'

Supported Devices

iPhone (iOS) / Android

App Introduction Page

https://oishi-kenko.com/service_description

App Store

https://oishi-kenko.com/katgut/ios_app_store

Google Play

https://oishi-kenko.com/katgut/android-kenko_google-play

WEB

https://oishi-kenko.com/

■ About Oishii Kenko Inc.

Oishii Kenko Inc. is a healthcare startup that operates an AI meal planning and nutrition management service used by 2 million people monthly. Based on the concept of 'AI for the family,' it supports family dining tables with over 10,000 dietitian-supervised recipes, addressing over 80 types of diseases including diabetes and high blood pressure, and managing food budgets according to individual health conditions, preferences, and budgets. The company develops the app 'Oishii Kenko' and 'Kakaris,' a SaaS for medical institutions, aiming to realize a society where 'everyone can eat deliciously and healthily forever.'

Inquiries regarding this release

Oishii Kenko Inc. Public Relations

E-mail: press@oishi-kenko.com
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