AyarındaAbout Ayarında
Ayarında is a nutrition assistant that answers “What should I eat?” based on your day. It’s here to make deciding easier, not to make you count calories.
What does it do?
You write what you ate or take a photo of your plate; Ayarında calculates the calories and nutrition facts. For the rest of the day it suggests meals with portions set to the calories and protein you have left and the foods you don’t eat (from 117 meal templates). It calculates your target from your age, height, weight and activity, and over time adjusts it to your real expenditure with your weekly weigh-ins.
Where do the values come from?
- Basic foods (226 records): the source is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s open database, USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy and Foundation Foods, CC0 licensed). Every page links to the source record.
- Turkish dishes (173 recipes): calculated from the ingredients (raw grams) and cooked weight of a standard home recipe, with the ingredients’ USDA values. Recipes not yet compared with a published standard recipe are marked “estimated recipe”; the recipe and the calculation are shown on the dish’s page.
- Closest records: for foods without an exact USDA match (Turkish white cheese, kaşar, sucuk and the like), the closest record is used, and the food’s page says so.
- Ranges: the value of the same dish varies with its recipe, oil and portion. That’s why a range is shown instead of a single number (usually ±20–30% for home dishes). For dishes with a high share of oil, the “How oily was it?” question narrows the range.
- How are the pages made? The pages on this site are generated from the catalog with fixed rules: the numbers, tables, comparisons and the answers to frequently asked questions come from the same calculation with the same patterns; they aren’t written page by page, and AI doesn’t write them. When a value in the catalog changes, its page changes too. Food photos are illustrative and don’t show the portion size.
What does AI do, and what doesn’t it do?
In the app, AI only recognizes the food in a photo or in the text you write and estimates its grams. AI never produces calories or nutrition facts: they are all calculated from this catalog. The estimate is always shown to you for approval, and you can correct it. “What should I eat?” suggestions don’t use AI, and AI doesn’t write the pages on this site either. AI features are optional and your identity isn’t sent to them.
Your data
Your account and logs are stored on our server in Türkiye. No ads, no selling of data; no analytics or tracking cookies are used. You can download your data or delete your account any time. Details are in the privacy notice.
Not medical advice
Ayarında gives general nutrition information; it isn’t for diagnosing or treating illness. If you’re pregnant, breastfeeding or under 18, or have an illness or a history of eating disorders, plan your diet with your doctor or dietitian.
Contact
For questions, ideas and partnerships: info@ayarinda.com. In the app you can also write to us from Profile → “Feedback and ideas”. Requests about your personal data: kvkk@ayarinda.com.