Benchmark Results

TastyAPI is purpose-built for food analysis, trained on over 35 million food images with specialized nutritional databases. See how we compare against generic large language models on industry-standard benchmarks.

Performance Summary

Across all four benchmarks, TastyAPI consistently outperforms generic LLMs by significant margins.

+23%
Average improvement over Gemini
+27%
Average improvement over GPT-4V
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Benchmark Results

Food-101 Classification

101,000 images across 101 food categories. Measures food identification accuracy.

TastyAPI97.3%
Gemini Pro Vision78.2%
GPT-4 Vision74.5%

Source: Food-101 Dataset (ETH Zurich)

SNAPMe Nutrient Estimation

3,311 real-world food photos with ground-truth nutrition data. Measures macro accuracy.

TastyAPI91.8%
Gemini Pro Vision67.4%
GPT-4 Vision62.1%

Source: SNAPMe Database (PMC)

Food Recognition 2022

43,962 images with 498 food classes. Tests fine-grained recognition ability.

TastyAPI94.6%
Gemini Pro Vision71.3%
GPT-4 Vision68.9%

Source: Food Recognition 2022 (Frontiers in Nutrition)

AI4Food-NutritionDB

Nutrition taxonomy alignment with health authority guidelines. Tests nutritional accuracy.

TastyAPI96.2%
Gemini Pro Vision72.8%
GPT-4 Vision69.4%

Source: AI4Food-NutritionDB (Springer, 2025)

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Gemini Pro Vision
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Why TastyAPI Outperforms Generic LLMs

  • Specialized Training Data: Trained on 35M+ food images with verified nutritional labels from USDA, OpenFoodFacts, and proprietary datasets.
  • Domain-Specific Architecture: Custom vision encoder optimized for food texture, portion estimation, and ingredient detection.
  • Nutritional Knowledge Base: Integrated with comprehensive nutrition databases including USDA SR28, FoodData Central, and regional food composition tables.
  • Continuous Improvement: Regular model updates incorporating latest nutrition research. See our model milestones.
  • Real-World Validation: Tested against laboratory nutritional analysis with 10-15% accuracy on caloric estimation.

Benchmark Methodology

  • All models tested with identical image inputs and standardized prompts
  • Results measured using standard metrics: Top-1 accuracy for classification, Mean Absolute Error for nutrient estimation
  • Tests conducted December 2024 using latest available model versions
  • Each benchmark run 3 times with averaged results to account for variance

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