Computational Gastronomy elective at IIIT Delhi : AI revolutionizing food, sustainability, and nutrition

At the Complex Systems Labs at IIIT Delhi, research has made it possible to generate recipes using AI, tailor recipes to reduce carbon footprint leading to more sustainable food practices, create diet plans to address specific health concerns, and more. “You can choose ingredients and it will generate a new recipes, which will of course be informed by traditional recipes and patterns”, says Mr. Bagler. Mr. Bagler says, with the carbon footprints data of ingredients like chilli, potato, meat and everything else available, they have built optimisation algorithm which can minimise the carbon footprint of any recipe you are generating. Since Computational gastronomy touches on anything and everything related to food recipes, sustainability, flavours, nutrition and health, it is going to be an enabler for professional chefs, nutritionists and dieticians. To see food and cooking beyond artistic endeavours, through the lens of data”, says Mr. Bagler.