Edamam, a provider of nutrition data for the food, health and wellness sectors, has partnered with ChefMod. Thanks to the deal, restaurants that use ChefMod will get nutrition and diet data for their recipes and menus. ChefMod runs a member-based purchasing platform for food-service businesses, along with its EzRecipe management tool. The deal was announced in New York on February 8, 2018.
In practice, every new or existing recipe gets an automated nutrition analysis. Each analysis also breaks down the nutrients and flags allergens. It even shows which popular diets a recipe fits, such as low-sodium, paleo or vegan. ChefMod delivers the service through Edamam’s Nutrition Analysis API.
John Oldweiler, president and founder of ChefMod, said the API was easy to use and to integrate. As a result, ChefMod can give members the data they need, he said. That costs much less than hiring a nutritionist or buying another solution.
Victor Penev, CEO and founder of Edamam, called the partnership a case study. He said it shows how Edamam can bring its technology to independent and small group food-service businesses.
If restaurants and caterers prefer to work on their own, they can use Edamam’s Nutrition Wizard. The self-service tool takes recipe information typed in natural language. It then analyzes a recipe in under a second, with what the company calls human-level accuracy.
Edamam is built on a proprietary semantic technology platform. It offers real-time nutrition analysis and diet recommendations through APIs. Its partners and clients include The New York Times, Epicurious, Nestlé, Samsung, AARP and Random House.
ChefMod was founded in 2005 by John Oldweiler and Eduard Spivak. Since its cloud-based service pools what members spend on food and supplies, they can improve their relationships with suppliers. Members include independently owned restaurants, bars, fast food concepts and caterers. They operate in New York City, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Boston, Connecticut, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina.
