Snap your fridge, get a recipe

Half a pepper, some eggs, a lonely block of feta. Point your camera at the fridge and Buttter turns what’s actually there into dinner.

Updated October 18, 2026

How it works

1. Snap your fridge or pantry. Open Generate in Buttter and take a photo of your fridge shelves, pantry or the pile on the counter. Add more photos if you like.
2. Check the ingredient list. Buttter lists the ingredients it can see. Remove anything wrong and add what it missed by typing or by voice.
3. Set your preferences. Pick any diets (vegetarian, vegan, keto, gluten-free, halal, kosher and more), allergies to avoid, and what you’re craving.
4. Get your recipe. Buttter writes a full recipe around what you have, with amounts, steps and nutrition. Not feeling it? Generate another.

From photo to ingredient list

The photo isn’t a gimmick for the recipe itself: its job is to save you typing a shopping inventory. Buttter identifies the ingredients it can see and gives you an editable list. That list is what the recipe is built from, so you stay in control. Spot an item it got wrong? Delete it. Have a few things in a cupboard you didn’t photograph? Type them, or just say them.

Prefer not to take a photo at all? You can build the list entirely by typing or by voice. It works the same way.

Matched to how you eat

Recipes respect the preferences you choose: diets such as vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, keto, gluten-free, dairy-free, halal and kosher; allergies and things to avoid, such as gluten, lactose, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish and alcohol; and cravings, from pasta to salad. Every generated recipe comes in your preferred units (metric or imperial) and shows calories, protein, carbs and a full nutrition breakdown.

Getting good results

• Light matters. Open the fridge door wide or take the photo with the kitchen light on. Dark shelves hide things.
• Containers are a mystery. Opaque tubs and jars can’t be identified from outside, so add their contents by hand.
• Labels help. Packaged food with a visible label is easier to recognize than the back of a carton.
• Staples are assumed carefully. Add salt, oil and spices to the list if you want the recipe to rely on them.

Missing one or two things?

Buttter doesn’t keep a second shopping list for you to maintain. Send the recipe’s ingredients in one tap to the list you already use, Apple Reminders, Things 3 or Todoist, and tick off what you have.

Want a starting point instead? The free 5 Ingredients or Less and Budget-Friendly Meals cookbooks are built around short, cheap ingredient lists.

Keep the good ones

Generated recipes save into your library next to everything you’ve imported, from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest or any website, all searchable by name or ingredient.