Metafoodx

Metafoodx is a food waste tracking system for commercial kitchens built around a countertop AI scanner. Staff place a pan or tray on the scanner for a couple of seconds and it records the menu item, net weight and temperature, then logs leftovers as reused, donated or composted. A cloud dashboard turns this into forecasts and reports for high-volume foodservice operators.

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Best for
Universities and colleges, Hotels, resorts and cruise dining
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Universities and colleges

    The vendor lists college and university dining and shows customer stories from campus dining programmes.

  • Hotels, resorts and cruise dining

    Buffet-style and high-volume kitchens can see which dishes are overproduced.

  • Corporate dining and fast casual restaurants

    Listed among the kitchen types the vendor tailors the system to.

What it does

  • AI mobile scanner

    Identifies the menu item, net food weight and temperature when a pan or dish is placed on the scanner for about two seconds.

  • Leftover tracking

    Scanning returned trays logs leftovers as reused, donated or composted.

  • Consumption and production tracking

    Records what goes out of the kitchen and what is eaten, not only what is thrown away.

  • Temperature logs

    Records food temperature at scan time to support food safety and highlights items outside standards.

  • Automatic pan recognition

    Identifies pan types after a single scan, with no manual weight entry.

  • Insight Cloud dashboard

    Shows forecasts, kitchen trends and the most wasted and most consumed items.

  • Demand forecasting

    Uses real consumption data to help plan production and ordering.

  • Kitchen management software integration

    Sends service data to an integrated kitchen management system after service.

  • On-site setup and training

    The vendor assembles the scanner and trains staff on site.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published; the site directs buyers to book a demo.

Where and how it runs

Customers in
United States
Platforms
Web
Hardware
Uses the vendor's own self-contained mobile AI scanner, which the vendor sets up on site; scanner specifications are not published.

Based in San Jose, California; customer stories cover US colleges and a resort in Mexico (Mayan Princess). No list of countries served is published.

The company

Headquarters
San Jose, United States
Founders
Fengmin Gong, Jun Du
Funding
  • Funding round, $9.4M, May 2025 (Trustbridge Partners, BlueRun Ventures, ScalableVision Capital)
Customers named by the vendor
Pomona College, UMass Amherst, Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort

Security and support

Support
The vendor provides on-site assembly and training and lists a customer success team.

Listing details

Built for
Hotel F&B, Catering
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
metafoodx.com

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Any price or contract terms
  • Named integrations
  • Founding year
  • Employee count
  • Security certifications
  • Countries served

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Homepage, FAQ, featureshttps://www.metafoodx.com
  2. Team and missionhttps://www.metafoodx.com/about-us
  3. Funding roundhttps://www.citybiz.co/article/695136/metafoodx-raises-9-4m-to-fight-food-waste-with-ai/