Tera Menu Intelligence — Food-as-Medicine APIs
Transform any meal kit, restaurant, or delivery menu into a personalized health experience. Tera's Menu Intelligence APIs automatically tag recipes for health goals, conditions, diets, and allergens—then rank and recommend the best items for each user's unique biology and preferences.
Two Complementary APIs Power Every Health-Aware Menu
Menu Item Recommendation API
Ranks your live menu for each user using Tera's Food-as-Medicine Graph. Covers 1,100+ food categories, 60+ conditions, 50+ health goals, and 30+ diets. Returns ranked, explainable meal picks tailored to health profiles and constraints.
Menu Item Tagging API
Automatically tags each recipe with health goals, compatible conditions, diet compatibility, present allergens, and key nutrients. Powers health filters, badges, and AI recommendations across any digital menu.
Built for Menus That Need to Be Smart, Safe & Personalized
From meal kits to restaurant chains, Menu Intelligence drives measurable business outcomes across every use case.
Meal Kits — Weekly Box Auto-Selection
Auto-select the best 3–5 recipes per subscriber each week. Reduce skips, lower churn, increase box acceptance, and boost NPS with personalized picks.
Meal Delivery & Restaurant Apps
Re-rank category and search results by health fit. Increase CTR, conversion, and AOV while reducing 'nothing fits me' drop-offs.
Menu PDP Widgets
Show 'Why This Is Good for You' modules that explain recipe fit and suggest health-aligned alternates. Build trust and increase add-to-cart rates.
Cohort & Program Tracks
Support Diabetes, GERD, IBS, PCOS, and Metabolic Reset programs. Show only compliant recipes while maintaining variety. Improve adherence and completion rates.
Wellness & Telehealth Apps
Map dietary protocols to real dishes users can order or cook. Increase protocol adherence and engagement while reducing care team workload.
Menu Item Recommendation API
The Engine That Picks the Right Meals for Each User
Rank, explain, and auto-select menu items that fit each user's biology, constraints, and context. Every recommendation comes with clear, mechanism-level explanations.
Personalized Ranking & Badges
Reorders menus to surface best-fit recipes. Add benefit badges like 'Gut-supporting fiber,' 'Low-glycemic,' and 'Omega-3 rich' for instant clarity.
Mechanism-Level "Why"
Explain recommendations using microbiome, inflammation, metabolic, and bioactive mechanisms. Show polyphenols, fiber types, and omega-3s in action.
Smart Alternates
If users don't like a pick, propose health-aligned alternates respecting goals, conditions, diets, allergens, macros, and prep time.
Auto-Selected Weekly Box
For meal kits, pick the best 3–5 recipes per user. Enforce macro targets, cuisine variety, and household constraints automatically.
Session & Context Awareness
Adjust by time-to-cook, appliances, cuisine preferences, current selections, or campaign context like 'Metabolic Reset Week 1.'
Policy Rails & Assortment
Enforce allergen hard-stops, avoidances, regional availability, and out-of-stock items using your live catalog.
API Inputs
- User Context: goals, conditions, symptoms, diet style, allergens, macros
- Menu Data: recipe IDs, ingredients, nutrition, tags, availability
- Session Context: basket, search query, category, program
- Business Rules: allergen stops, macro constraints, pricing
API Outputs
- Ranked recipes with scores and reason codes
- Benefit badges and confidence indicators
- PDP "Why recommended" modules
- Weekly box object with swap suggestions
Menu Item Tagging API
Make Every Menu Item Health-Aware, Taggable & Filterable
Catalog-scale tagging that powers filters, badges, and AI recommendations. Transform your entire menu into a health-intelligent system.
Health & Goal Mapping
Tag each recipe to 50+ health goals: blood sugar regulation, heart health, inflammation reduction, gut support, and more.
Condition Alignment
Map compatibility with 60+ conditions including PCOS, IBS/Low-FODMAP, GERD, Type 2 Diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and autoimmune protocols.
Diet Compatibility
Detect support for 30+ diets: Mediterranean, gluten-free, dairy-free, keto, vegan, paleo, Low-FODMAP, and specialized protocols.
Food Allergen Intelligence
Identify allergens present in each recipe using ingredient-level understanding. Reduce compliance risk and support requests.
Nutrient Highlights
Highlight when recipes are rich in fiber, magnesium, omega-3s, polyphenols, and other bioactives. Map nutrients to specific health benefits.
Catalog-Scale Automation
Batch tagging with confidence scores, webhook updates, and optional human-in-the-loop review. Omnichannel ready for any touchpoint.
Tagging Inputs
- Recipe title and ingredients with quantities
- Instructions, yields, and servings
- Optional nutrition panel data
- Metadata: cuisine, prep time, appliances
- Policy rules and compliance lists
Tag Output Object
- Health goals supported array
- Conditions supported array
- Diet compatibility flags
- Allergens present list
- Key nutrients with benefit mapping
- Human-readable benefit claims
- Confidence scores and audit trails
How It Works: End-to-End Flow
From raw menu data to health-aware, personalized recommendations in five steps.
Ingest Menu Data
Send recipes via API or batch upload with ingredients, nutrition, and metadata.
Auto-Tag Recipes
Tagging API maps each recipe to health goals, conditions, diets, allergens, and nutrients.
Build Tag Database
Tags feed filters, badges, PDP modules, and recommendation engines.
Personalize Rankings
Recommendation API ranks items per user using tags, Food-as-Medicine Graph, and user context.
Render User Experience
Front-end displays ranked menus, PDP explanations, smart alternates, and health filters.
Deploy Menu Intelligence Inside Your Product
Both APIs are enterprise-grade services. Integrate them via APIs, SDKs, or white-label components to power health-aware menus inside your existing apps, sites, and flows. Turn your menu into a food-as-medicine layer without rebuilding your stack.
API-First Integration
Call tagging in bulk to keep your catalog health-aware. Call recommendation API in real time on menu, search, and PDP pages.
Embedded UI Components
Drop in pre-built modules: 'Recommended for You,' health badges, filter chips, and PDP explanation widgets.
White-Label Layer
Present all intelligence and badges under your own brand. Seamless integration with your design system.
Hybrid With Tera Agents
Combine Menu APIs with Tera's AI Nutrition Coach or cohort programs for complete health journeys.
Supported Integration Patterns
Enterprise-Grade Capabilities: OAuth, webhooks, RBAC, audit logs, HIPAA-ready infrastructure where applicable, SOC 2-aligned roadmap.
What Your Users See
Health-Aware Menus That Just Make Sense
Health Badges on Cards
Show 'Gut-supportive,' 'Heart-healthy,' 'Low-glycemic,' and 'High in omega-3s' badges right on menu cards.
Filters & Facets
Let users search or filter by goal, condition, diet, or allergen. Make every menu constraint-friendly.
PDP Explanations
Show mechanism-level reasons tied to user goals and conditions. Build trust with science-backed transparency.
Smart Alternates
When users skip a recommendation, instantly suggest three health-aligned options that fit their profile.
Deliver Healthier Menus. Drive Better KPIs.
Health-aware menus don't just improve outcomes—they improve business metrics across the board.
Lift in CTR
Users click faster with trusted guidance and visible benefits
AOV Increase
Personalized recommendations drive higher basket values
Churn Reduction
Menus feel personally relevant even for users with constraints
Conversion Lift
Health-aligned guidance reduces "nothing fits me" drop-offs
Win High-Intent Segments
Attract PCOS, Low-FODMAP, metabolic health, and gut health cohorts with credible, science-backed tagging. Convert health-conscious shoppers at higher rates.
Operate Smarter
Standardized nutrition taxonomy, faster menu onboarding, reduced allergen risk, and visibility into goal and condition gaps across your catalog.
De-Risk Recommendations
Align suggestions with allergens, diets, and policy rails to lower support tickets and compliance risk. Protect your brand and your customers.
Ready to Make Your Menu Truly Health-Aware?
Use Tera's Menu Intelligence APIs to turn every recipe into a health-aligned choice—ranked, explained, and ready to recommend. Start powering food-as-medicine experiences today.
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