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The complex nature of defining “Healthy”

Retailers are under constant pressure to diversify and emphasise their product offering through a health lens. However, differentiating “healthier” products is highly complex, requiring data-led nutrition and demanding attention from regulatory framework, nutritional guidelines, and product label knowledge.

Are you confident in the results and coverage of your product search? Think again.

One of the most important aspects of a food retailer’s site is its search functionality. Without a robust system in place, you inhibit your customers’ ability to shop for the products they need. With the correct indexing customers can find what they’re looking for with ease.

Build vs Buy – The never ending conundrum

Incorporating an AI-based Nutrition Data component to your existing technology stack might seem like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s why the easiest solution is to partner with a specialized technology provider like us, and gain immediate access to cutting-edge solutions without the hassle of in-house development.

The Future Unveiled: Small Language Models in Nutrition’s Next Frontier

What does the future of AI assistance in food and nutrition look like? Our CTO explores the potential of Small Language Models (SLMs) to help us navigate dietary choices, combat food waste, and vigilantly monitor our health in this final instalment of our AI series.

Transforming Nutrition: How Small Language Models Reshape the Way We Eat

What are the practical applications of Small Language Models (SLMs) in the food and nutrition sector? Our CTO explores the transformative potential for Recipe Recommendations, Meal Planning, Dietary Trend Analysis and Customer Interactions in this instalment of our AI series.

People, Planet and Price Part 1: The Health Crisis

We are currently in the midst of a combined health, financial and climate crisis. Not only is this stressful for consumers, it can also prove to be challenging for retailers who may be struggling to meet all of their shoppers’ complex and rapidly evolving needs. In the first of our two-part series we take a look at the current health crisis, and how retailers can help shoppers eat more healthily on a budget.

Spoon Guru receives Digital Health Award, Spring 2022

Spoon Guru is proud to have received a Merit for Web-based Digital Health: Digital Health Curation from Digital Health Awards for our support in the Good For You program.

It’s not easy being green

While sustainability initiatives at the corporate and production level are an impactful step in the right direction, many consumers are simply not aware of them or are suspicious of greenwashing. Adding sustainability tools to the product discovery journey is an important step to putting the purchasing power back in the hands of consumers.

The UK grocery report card on health

May 2022 has seen the release of two health reports which UK retailers should take very seriously – the WHO European Regional Obesity Report and the ATNI UK Retailer Index.