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Meal Prep Ingredient Calculator

Why This is an Opportunity

This addresses the hassle of manually adjusting recipes for meal prep. The app lets users select recipes, automatically scaling and consolidating ingredient lists for efficient shopping. Simple CRUD features make this feasible in one session.

Key Pain Points

  • Manually scaling recipes is time-consuming and error-prone
  • Existing apps provide limited batch processing for recipes
  • Consolidating ingredients by hand is tedious
  • Using spreadsheets to calculate quantities adds complexity
  • Adjusting for meal prep can take over 30 minutes per session
Market Opportunity
Home Cooking Support Software Market
Current Size (2025)
$1.5B
Projected (2035)
$3.9B
CAGR
0.1%
This market is projected to grow 159% over the next 10 years, reaching $3.9B by 2035.

Original Discovery

Home cooks involved in meal prepping struggle with calculating ingredient quantities for multiple meals. Current recipe apps like Paprika don't offer batch scaling for multiple recipes at once. A web app that lets users input their planned meals and receive a consolidated ingredient shopping list would simplify this.

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