An integrated mobile application for personalized grocery management, recipe exploration, and meal planning.

Tan, Vickern (2024) An integrated mobile application for personalized grocery management, recipe exploration, and meal planning. Final Year Project, UTAR.

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Abstract

This project develops a Flutter-based mobile application addressing challenges in recipe discovery and grocery management. Motivated by the need to reduce food wastage and improve culinary experiences, the application offers advanced recipe search features and a personalized grocery list function. Users can search recipes by name, ingredients, or video content, and seamlessly add ingredients to their grocery lists. The application aims to tackle disorganized shopping practices prevalent in households, which often lead to excessive food wastage and financial losses. By providing a comprehensive solution that combines recipe exploration with efficient grocery management, the project seeks to foster a more sustainable and health-conscious approach to meal preparation. To demonstrate potential integration with online grocery platforms, the project implements a simulated product storage system using a realtime database. This showcases how the application could streamline the shopping process in real-world scenarios, bridging the gap between meal planning and grocery acquisition. Developed using Visual Studio Code for coding, Android Studio for testing and deployment, and Firebase for backend services and database management, the application ensures robust functionality and user-friendly interface. It targets university students and busy individuals seeking to optimize their cooking experiences, providing wider accessibility to the user. The project's significance lies in its potential to leverage technology as a catalyst for positive change in the culinary domain. By streamlining the process from recipe selection to ingredient listing, it aims to reduce food wastage, promote culinary diversity, and improve overall efficiency in meal preparation. This approach not only enhances individual user experiences but also contributes to broader environmental sustainability efforts.

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