VitalPlate is a food and meal-planning app built around your health. Instead of generic calorie counting, it checks recipes, packaged foods, and whole meals against a plan you set up once — your conditions, medications, allergies, food sensitivities, and the way you like to eat — and tells you, at a glance, whether something fits.
What it does for you
- Scores your food with a simple traffic light — Good fit, Caution, or Avoid — based on your plan. See Understanding your food scores.
- Plans your week of meals around your calorie target and the foods you can and can’t have. See How meal plans are built.
- Finds and imports recipes from the web, then scores them for you. See Importing a recipe.
- Helps you cook with a step-by-step cook mode, and suggests meals from what’s already in your pantry.
- Checks products while you shop on Instacart through the Shopping Buddy browser companion.
VitalPlate is a tool to help you make decisions — it is not medical advice. Always follow the guidance of your own doctor or dietitian.
How to get started
- 1Create your account and sign in.
- 2Complete the short setup interview so VitalPlate knows your health profile. See Setting up your health profile.
- 3Browse recipes or build your first meal plan — everything you see is already scored for you.