How it works
Four steps from your goal to your order.
No black boxes. The two steps that do the real work are running live further down this page — change the numbers and watch.
- 01
Tell us the goal
Height, weight, activity, what you avoid. Sixty seconds, once.
- 02
Menus re-rank
AI reads each kitchen's menu into real numbers; every dish is scored against what's left of your day.
- 03
Order knowing
Protein, sodium, calories — and where each number came from. Ask the coach if you're torn.
- 04
Snap to close the loop
Photograph what you actually ate. AI estimates it, you confirm, your day updates.
Step 01 · try it
Your metrics become a daily budget.
The Mifflin–St Jeor equation, the same one dietitians use. Move anything and the targets recompute — this is the real calculation, not a mock-up of one.
Sex
Activity
Moderate — exercise 3-5 days/week
Goal
Your daily target
BMR 1,389 · TDEE 2,153 · lose weight
Computed with the Mifflin-St Jeor equation — the same clinical formula dietitians use — then adjusted for your goal. This is exactly what Palatify sets as your budget on day one.
Step 02 · try it
Every dish, scored against what's left.
Five sub-scores, weighted by your goal — losing weight leans harder on calorie fit and protein. Pick a real dish and watch it break down.
Why it's needed
Eating out is now the default, and nobody can eyeball it.
0.0%
of U.S. food spending now happens away from home — an all-time high.
USDA ERS · 2023
2 in 3
diners underestimate their restaurant meal's calories — 1 in 4 by 500 or more.
BMJ / JAMA · peer-reviewed
~0 cal
is all a menu calorie label shifts intake, on its own. Labels inform; they don't plan.
Cochrane review
Where the AI is, and where it isn't
A model reads menus, photographs and questions — that is the part that needs one. The Fit Score above is not a model: it is the five weighted sub-scores you just watched, which is why a dish can always show why it ranked where it did. Every number carries a source and a ± range, estimates are labelled as estimates, restaurants correct their own menus, and corrections are versioned and public. Sponsored placement never changes a score. The coach does not diagnose or prescribe, and nothing here is medical advice.
Where the data comes from