Pantry Management

The Pantry screen

Tap "Pantry" in the bottom navigation bar. Your ingredients are grouped into collapsible sections by storage location: Fridge, Freezer, Pantry, and Other.

Tap any section header to collapse or expand it — useful when you only need to check one section at a time.

Adding an item

Tap the sage green + button (bottom-right corner) to open the "Add item" bottom sheet.

Fill in:

• Ingredient name — type to search the ingredient catalog, then select from the suggestions
• Quantity — numeric amount
• Unit — g, kg, ml, L, pieces, etc.
• Storage location — Fridge / Freezer / Pantry / Other
• Expiry date — optional but strongly recommended; used for alerts and the home screen strip

Tap "Add" to save.

Expiry alerts

Items expiring within 3 days appear with the expiry date in amber. Items expiring today or tomorrow have a faint amber background tint on the row.

The Home screen shows an alert strip ("2 items expiring soon") when there are items within this window. Tap the strip to jump directly to the expiring items.

Editing an item

Swipe any item row right to reveal the edit action (pencil icon, sage green). Tap it to open the edit sheet with all fields pre-filled.

Deleting an item

Swipe any item row left to reveal the delete action (trash icon, red). The background reveals progressively as you swipe — the delete triggers only when the swipe is full.

Inventory deduction when cooking

When you mark a recipe as "cooked" (from the Recipe Detail screen or Cooking Mode), the app automatically deducts the recipe's ingredient quantities from your pantry — scaled by your household size. If an ingredient is not in your pantry, it is skipped silently.

Matching pantry to recipes

On the Recipes screen, you can filter by "In my pantry" — this calls the API with match_inventory=true and shows a match percentage on each recipe card (e.g., "7/10 ingredients available").