How It Works

From photo to insight in seconds

PlateBeacon turns everyday food into understandable nutrition insights. Take a photo, confirm what's on your plate, and get a personalized breakdown—no calorie counting required.

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Take a Photo

Snap your meal or upload from your gallery. A live framing guide helps you capture the full plate.

  • Take Photo
  • Upload Photo
  • Choose Existing Meal
  • Manual Entry
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Take Photo
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Upload Photo
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Choose Existing Meal
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Manual Entry
02

AI Analyzes Your Plate

PlateBeacon identifies foods and estimates portions through progressive stages.

  • Identifying foods
  • Estimating portions
  • Calculating nutrition
  • Preparing your insights
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Identifying foods
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Estimating portions
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Calculating nutrition
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Preparing your insights
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Confirm & Edit

AI output is always treated as an estimate. You can correct food, ingredient, quantity, serving size, and preparation method.

  • Correct
  • Edit
  • Remove
  • Add Item
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Correct
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Edit
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Remove
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Add Item
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Get Your Insights

See calories, macros, Plate Score, and personalized suggestions. Everything is saved to your daily dashboard.

  • Nutrition breakdown
  • Plate Score
  • What stands out
  • Make this plate better
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Nutrition breakdown
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Plate Score
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What stands out
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Make this plate better

Always in your control

AI estimates, you decide

Never present visual food estimation as laboratory-level accuracy. PlateBeacon AI output is always an estimate that you can correct.

Edit any item

Correct food, ingredients, portions, and preparation methods.

Add missed items

AI might miss something. You can always add items manually.

Provider abstraction

We support multiple AI providers. No single point of failure.

Camera-first

Designed mobile-first with flash control, gallery, and retake.

Ready to see your food differently?

Start with 5 free AI meal scans. No credit card required.