🍏 I built an AI Chef that cooks from what's already in your fridge — to kill food waste
👋 Hi PH! I'm Matteo, a solo developer from Italy.
Today I'm launching FreshMind 🍏 — the app I built to fix something that bugs me every week: food quietly going bad in the back of the fridge.
🇮🇹 In Italy the average family throws away ~75 kg of food a year. FreshMind exists to change that, one expiry date at a time.
✨ What it does
📷 Scan a barcode → it tracks the expiry for you
🔔 Reminds you before food goes bad
🤖 AI Chef turns what you already have into real, sensible recipes — not "add 12 ingredients you don't own"
🍝 20 authentic Italian regional cuisines, allergen-aware, + a smart shopping list for only what's missing
🔒 Privacy-first: Sign in with Apple (no email needed), no ads, no trackers — your data stays on your device / private iCloud. You can try the AI Chef for free.
🚀 Built to keep getting better: I maintain and improve FreshMind every single day — it's constantly updated with new features and refinements. This launch is just the start. 💪
🙏 It's my first solo launch and I'd love your honest feedback: what would make you use it every day? What's missing?
Thanks for checking it out!
— Matteo
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hey Matteo, welcome! this is such a relatable problem, I'm guilty of forgetting what's in the back of my fridge until it's too late. the AI chef that only suggests recipes from what you already have instead of adding 12 new ingredients is the right approach because that's exactly where every recipe app loses me. congrats on the first solo launch, that takes guts. would love to connect on LinkedIn if you're open to it!