Supermarket Perimeter - October 2024 - 60

Technology
AI
60 - OCTOBER 2024
By Andy Nelson
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS HOPES TO REVOLUTIONIZE how
consumers choose their foods at the grocery store and through other
channels, and it's turning to AI to do it.
Samsung's new features and updates for its Samsung Food app create
a personalized AI-powered food and recipe platform the company
hopes will become an essential tool for meal planning a cooking.
The platform's most popular features include Recipe functions,
Shopping List and Meal Planner.
" As people look to get more out of their food - with help from
their appliances - we're thrilled to be upgrading Samsung Food with
different types of powerful new functionality, " said Moohyung Lee,
executive vice president and head of customer experience, Digital
Appliances Business, at Samsung. " Moving forward, with a key focus on
user experiences, we will continually enhance the platform with AI and
other technologies to support the preparation of meals that are easier,
simpler and healthier. "
Samsung Food is a holistic food platform available on various
Samsung devices, including and beyond home appliances. Samsung
Food+, the premium subscription service of Samsung Food, elevates
the experience by integrating a health profile and goals, providing
personalized meal plans with recipe recommendations, according to
the company.
And now, AI is being added to the year-old app to bring differentiated
functionality to users around the globe.
That includes new Vision AI technology, which allows users to add
items to their Food List by simply snapping a photo of their food items
with a smartphone.
This functionality means that users owning bespoke refrigerators
with a Family Hub screen without AI Vision Inside - the internal camera
that recognizes food items that goes in and out of the fridge - can now
also easily add items with photos to their Food List.
Other benefits of the Samsung Food+ subscription service include
automatically adding purchased ingredients to the Food List when users
check out at the store or online and searching for recipes based on the
contents of the Food List. Users can also get alerts to help them use the
items before the manually set use-by-date, helping reduce food waste.
Sustainability solution
Samsung Food+ further provides the meal plans based on users' Food
List to support sustainable food practice goals by personalizing each
plan based on the ingredients in users' Food Lists, prioritizing those
nearing use-by-date.
And with the new " Search with Your Food List " feature, recipes using
the ingredients listed in their Food Lists will show on top of the search
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Samsung Food's
new platform makes
it much easier for
shoppers to customize
their shopping
experiences.
results to help users with ideas on what can be made with what they
have. Recipe recommendations are also provided based on the Food
List. And whatever has been used from the Food List is recommended
to add on the Shopping List.
" This intelligent approach helps inventory maintenance and reduces
food waste while ensuring fresh, tasty meals, " according to Samsung.
Samsung Food now features enhanced tools designed to support
users to better maintain their health and to reach wellness goals. The
platform provides nutrition-focused meal plans that track and monitor
caloric intake within daily meal schedules, whether for recipes or
individual food items.
It offers " Tailored for You " plans, delivering weekly recipe and snack
recommendations based on users' nutritional needs,6 chosen diets
and previous recipe preferences. The system tracks macronutrient
intake within daily meal plans and allows customizable calorie and
macronutrient targets for individual health objectives.
While Samsung Food users receive three days of recommendations
per week, paid and subscribed Samsung Food+ users benefit from a full
week of recommendations, with the intelligent platform also factoring
in the manually set use-by-dates of ingredients.
Samsung Food
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