How it works
How the AI food scanner works
Open Pacali and tap the camera
Launch the app and tap the scanner button. Point your camera at your meal.
AI analyzes your photo
Our computer vision model processes the image in about three seconds, identifying each food item and estimating portions.
Confirm & log
Review the AI breakdown, adjust if needed, and log it with one tap. Your daily totals update instantly.
Benefits
Why the AI scanner changes everything
Works on any meal
Restaurant dishes, homemade food, packaged products, smoothies — the AI handles all of them.
About 3 seconds
From photo to a full nutrition breakdown in about three seconds. Faster than typing a single food name.
Global cuisines
Recognises food from cuisines worldwide across thousands of food types — and every estimate stays editable.
Free to try for 3 days
AI food scanning is part of Premium, and every new user gets a 3-day free trial — no credit card needed to download and start.
Portion estimation built-in
The AI estimates portion sizes visually — no food scale, no measuring cups.
Multi-item detection
Photograph an entire plate and Pacali identifies each component separately.
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