r/foodwaste

These are just a few of the phrases you might have seen on your food items:

• Use by
• Best by
• Expires by
• Please enjoy by

Each phrase can convey a different message about the food product. These meanings however, are often not conveyed to the consumer, who may unintentionally contribute to food waste by disposing of food they believe is spoiled.

Californians toss out 2.5 billion meals' worth of unspoiled food each year, contributing to organic waste that accounts for 48% of what residents send to landfills, according to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, or CalRecyle.

To remove the ambiguity and resulting food waste, Assembly Bill 660 was signed into law and goes into effect July 1. Here's what the bill will do

Hi everyone,

Like many of you, I’ve been struggling with grocery inflation lately. But what frustrated me even more was forgetting what was in the back of my fridge and constantly throwing away spoiled ingredients.

I tried a few receipt-scanning apps, but they felt more like expense trackers rather than actual kitchen helpers. I didn’t want to just log my spend—I wanted to know what to cook with what I already have before it goes bad.

So, I’ve been building a mobile app called "What's In My Fridge" (built with Expo & Supabase). The app isn't officially on the App Store yet, but the core loop is fully built and ready for testing:

1. Know your fridge: Track items split by Fridge / Freezer / Pantry (with expiration batch tracking).
2. Food Rescue: It highlights expiring items and automatically suggests recipes based exactly on what you have.
3. Cook & Deduct: Cooking a recipe automatically deducts those items from your digital fridge.

Before the official launch, I want to open up a private beta for exactly 50 testers via iOS TestFlight and Android Internal Testing to squash bugs and get raw, honest feedback.

If you want to save money on groceries, cut down on food waste, and be one of the first 50 people to test the app, please join the waitlist on our landing page below:

🔗whats-in-my-fridge-eta.vercel.app

Would love to hear your thoughts or any features you think are a must-have before we hit the app stores. Thanks!