AI Calorie Analyzer 🍽️

A modern web application that analyzes food images using Vercel AI SDK to provide nutritional information. Simply upload a photo of your food, and get instant details about calories and nutrients.

Features ✨

• Upload food images with drag-and-drop
• Get instant AI analysis of food content
• View calories and macronutrients
• See detailed breakdown of detected ingredients
• Beautiful, responsive UI

Tech Stack 🛠️

• Next.js 15
• Vercel AI SDK
• Shadcn UI
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS

Vercel AI SDK Integration 🤖

This project showcases the power of Vercel AI SDK's generateObject function, which enables:

• Type-safe AI responses using Zod schema validation
• Structured data output for consistent UI rendering
• Multi-modal capabilities (text + image analysis)
• Easy integration with GPT-4o

The generateObject function ensures we get properly formatted nutritional data every time, making the app reliable and maintainable.

Quick Start 🚀

1. Clone the repo
2. Install dependencies with pnpm install
3. Copy .env.example to .env.local and add your OpenAI API key
4. Run pnpm dev to start the development server

Environment Setup 🔑

Required environment variables:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

License 📄

MIT License - feel free to use this project however you'd like!

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Built with ❤️ using Vercel AI SDK