NutriFresh

Home Page
Login Page
Dashboard
Locations (Restaurants)
Inventory
Meal Plans
Mean Plan Generation
Heatmap
Route Making

Inspiration

Food insecurity affects millions, while vast amounts of edible food go to waste every day. We were inspired by the inefficiencies in the current food distribution system, where food banks often struggle with accurate demand forecasting and equitable allocation. Given how AI has transformed logistics and supply chains, we wanted to harness its potential to make food distribution smarter, faster, and more impactful.

What It Does

NutriFresh is an AI-driven food redistribution platform that connects food donors, food banks, and food pantries. It ensures that surplus food is efficiently distributed to communities in need.

Core Features: Food demand forecasting

Smart inventory management

High-need area identification

Integrated Mapbox for geographic visualization

Heatmaps for enhanced visibility of underserved regions

Simulation tools for agricultural surplus prediction

Image classification for inventory intake

Expiration detection for food quality management

How We Built It

We built NutriFresh by combining frontend and backend systems with geographic visualization and AI-driven logic. Our platform integrates data pipelines, real-time user inputs, and mapping interfaces to create an intelligent, user-friendly experience. Custom components were developed for food intake, demand estimation, and inventory updates, with seamless synchronization across donor, pantry, and food bank portals.

Challenges We Faced

One major challenge was ensuring a clean, responsive UI while integrating complex backend logic and visual mapping tools.

Accomplishments We're Proud Of

We're especially proud of integrating real-time satellite data into our map interface, allowing food banks to make better-informed decisions about distribution based on geographic and agricultural insights.

What We Learned

We learned how to work with geographic data, build smart inventory systems tailored to non-profit organizations, and integrate mapping solutions into modular application components.