About Alchemy
Plan your meals and build shopping lists in one place. Add recipes however you want—scan receipts, snap ingredients, paste URLs, or describe what you're craving. Alchemy creates organized shopping lists and handles the full meal planning workflow.
Smart Suggestions
AI surfaces recipes from what's in your kitchen and shows exactly what you're missing
Recipe Library
Saved and suggested recipes in one place, filterable by time, cuisine, and diet
Cooking Mode
Step-by-step instructions with ingredients highlighted inline
Multi-Modal Capture
Add recipes by pasting text, dropping a URL, or snapping a photo
Smart Shopping List
Auto-grouped by aisle and generated from the recipes you're cooking
AI Kitchen Assistant
Plan the week, cook from your pantry, or just ask for something to make
Key Features
- Meal planning: Drag-and-drop calendar with nutrition tracking
- Smart shopping lists: Auto-generated from your meal plan with Kroger and Instacart checkout
- Flexible recipe input: Receipt scanning, ingredient photos, URLs, or text descriptions
- Personalized recipes: Based on your preferences and dietary needs
Technology & Approach
Built with React, Firebase, and Google Vertex AI. Shipped 90+ features across 12 versions with 15+ complete user flows, from receipt scanning to meal planning to grocery checkout.