Terms of Use
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- NutritionDictionary gives general nutrition information. It isn't medical advice.
- Numbers are estimates, and AI reads of recipes can be wrong: check them.
- Plus renews automatically until you cancel, which you can do at any time in the subscription portal.
These terms
These terms are an agreement between you and [OWNER LEGAL NAME] ("we", "us"), which runs NutritionDictionary at nutritiondictionary.com. By using the site you agree to them. When you create an account we ask you to agree to them explicitly. Our Privacy Policy and Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy explain how we handle your data.
Not medical advice
NutritionDictionary is a general information and planning tool. It doesn't give medical, dietetic or nutritional advice, and it doesn't replace a doctor or registered dietitian. Nutrition values are estimates from public data and can differ from the food you eat. Plans are worked out by a computer to meet the goals you enter. They can be unusual, they don't know your health, and they may not suit you.
Talk to a qualified professional before changing your diet, especially if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, under 18, have a medical condition, take medication, or have a history of disordered eating. In an emergency, contact your local emergency services.
Contaminant meters
The meters for metals, pesticides and microplastics are general information. They show typical levels from public testing programs, compared with cautious reference values from public agencies. They don't measure any particular product, a low reading doesn't mean none, and a high reading doesn't mean a food is unsafe. Microplastic meters compare studied foods and don't rate safety. Our methodology page explains how they work and their limits.
AI recipe reads
The recipe reader uses AI (Anthropic's Claude or Amazon Nova, on Amazon Bedrock) to read photos and some pasted recipes. AI reads can be wrong: it can miss or invent ingredients, misread amounts, or pick the wrong food. Photos of plated food are especially rough. Check every ingredient and amount before you rely on the result. You're responsible for what you do with it.
Accounts
- You don't need an account to use the site. To create one you must be 13 or older, and if you're under the age of majority where you live, you need a parent or guardian's permission.
- You sign in with a link sent to your email or with Google. Keep your email account secure: anyone who can read your email can sign in as you.
- An account is for one person. Tell us at privacy@nutritiondictionary.com if you think someone else has used yours.
- You can export or delete your account at any time from your account page.
Acceptable use
Please don't:
- break the law, or use the site to harm anyone;
- try to get into accounts or data that aren't yours, or test the site's security without our written permission;
- overload the site, get around its limits, or scrape or copy it in bulk with automated tools;
- send content you don't have the right to send, or anything illegal, abusive or malicious, including in photos;
- try to make the AI do anything other than read a recipe;
- resell or redistribute the service, or pass off its output as professional advice.
We may limit, suspend or close access that breaks these rules or puts the site or other people at risk.
NutritionDictionary Plus
Plus is an optional subscription that adds a monthly AI photo allowance, unlimited saved plans and recipes on every device, a week planner with a grocery list, and a contaminant check across a whole plan. Food pages, contaminant meters, the one-day planner, pasted-text recipes and data export stay free.
Price and automatic renewal
Plus costs $5.99 per month or $39.99 per year, plus any applicable tax. It renews automatically at the end of each month or year, and we charge the card you gave Stripe at each renewal, until you cancel. We show the price, the renewal period and how to cancel before you subscribe, and Stripe emails a receipt for each payment.
Free trial
New accounts get a 14-day trial of Plus with a capped AI allowance. It needs no card and never turns into a paid subscription by itself: when it ends, your account goes back to the free plan unless you choose to subscribe.
Cancelling
Cancel any time in the subscription portal: on your account page, choose the option to manage your subscription. Cancelling stops future renewals, and you keep Plus until the end of the period you've paid for. You can also email privacy@nutritiondictionary.com to cancel.
Refunds
[REFUND POLICY: TO BE DECIDED WITH YOUR LAWYER] This doesn't limit any refund rights your local law gives you.
Price changes
If we change the price, we'll email you at least [30] days before it applies to you, and the new price starts at your next renewal after that. If you don't want to pay it, cancel before then.
Failed payments
If a renewal payment fails, Stripe retries it and emails you. If it still fails, the subscription is cancelled and your account returns to the free plan.
Our content and data sources
The site's design, text and code belong to us or our licensors. The data comes from public sources, which we credit:
- Nutrition: USDA FoodData Central, which is in the public domain.
- Contaminants: US FDA (Total Diet Study, mercury in fish, arsenic in rice), USDA Pesticide Data Program and US EPA reference values, all US government works in the public domain; EFSA and ATSDR reference values, cited with attribution; and published microplastics studies (Cox et al. 2019, Kosuth et al. 2018, Milne et al. 2024, Danopoulos et al. 2020), whose values we cite with attribution. The full list, with links, is on our methodology page.
Government agencies and study authors don't endorse NutritionDictionary.
Your content
Recipes, photos and other things you send stay yours. You give us permission to process them only to run the features you use, for example to read a recipe and save it to your history. You must have the right to send them. Ingredient lists and facts aren't protected by copyright, but recipe photos and written instructions can be, so only send photos you took or may use.
If you send us feedback or ideas, we may use them without owing you anything.
Disclaimers
The site is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we make no promises that it will be accurate, complete, uninterrupted or error-free, or fit for any particular purpose. Nutrition and contaminant data can be out of date or wrong, and food varies.
Limits of liability
To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses, or for any decision you make about your diet or health based on the site. Our total liability for any claim about the site is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim and [US$ AMOUNT].
Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud, or takes away rights you have as a consumer.
Ending your use
You can stop using the site and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, or stop offering the site, with notice where we reasonably can. If we stop offering Plus: [WHAT HAPPENS TO PREPAID PERIODS, E.G. A PRO-RATA REFUND].
Governing law
These terms are governed by [GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE]. If you're a consumer in the EU or UK, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live and can bring claims there.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. We'll change the version and date at the top, and if you have an account we'll ask you to agree to the new version the next time you sign in. Changes to Plus pricing follow the notice rule above.