Compare Different Versions of a Recipe

Generate a nutrition report for a recipe or any list of ingredients

With Wolfram Food data and Wolfram Language LLM capabilities, you can compare and visualize the nutritional differences between recipes.

Use RecipeSuggest from the Wolfram Prompt Repository to get the ingredients for a broccoli casserole. In this example, we request a recipe that does not include bell peppers or garlic:

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LLMResourceFunction["RecipeSuggest"]["broccoli casserole",{"bell pepper","garlic"},{},"Include ONLY the ingredients and amounts, NO recipe instructions"]

Out[1]=

Ingredients:- 2 cups broccoli florets- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese- 1 cup milk- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs- 2 tablespoons butter- 1/4 teaspoon salt- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil

Retrieve the nutrition data for these ingredients with the NutritionReport resource function. The default NutritionReport provides calories, fat, protein and carbohydrates.

Copy the main ingredients for the broccoli casserole into the resource function. Here we include the hyphen in the "AdditionalFluff" list, so that we don't have to remove the recipe's hyphens manually:

In[2]:=

ResourceFunction["NutritionReport"]["- 2 cups broccoli florets- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese- 1 cup milk- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs- 2 tablespoons butter","AdditionalFluff"{"-"}]

Out[2]=

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Nutrition Per Food

Input

Interpretation

Nutrition

2 cups broccoli florets

EntityInstance

food

,

2

c



absolute calorie content

53.Cal

absolute fat content

0g

absolute protein content

4.g

absolute carbohydrate content

8.g

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

EntityInstance

food

,

1

c



absolute calorie content

4.4×

2

10

Cal

absolute fat content

4.×

1

10

g

absolute protein content

3.×

1

10

g

absolute carbohydrate content

4.g

1 cup milk

EntityInstance

food

,

1

c



absolute calorie content

1.4×

2

10

Cal

absolute fat content

5.g

absolute protein content

8.g

absolute carbohydrate content

1.×

1

10

g

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

EntityInstance

food

,

1

2

c



absolute calorie content

2.1×

2

10

Cal

absolute fat content

2.g

absolute protein content

7.g

absolute carbohydrate content

4.×

1

10

g

2 tablespoons butter

EntityInstance

food

,

2

tbsp



absolute calorie content

2.0×

2

10

Cal

absolute fat content

2.×

1

10

g

absolute protein content

0g

absolute carbohydrate content

0g

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Next, retrieve a broccoli casserole recipe that has no dairy ingredients, so that you can compare the nutritional values with the previous recipe:

In[3]:=

LLMResourceFunction["RecipeSuggest"]["broccoli casserole",{"bell pepper","garlic"},{},", Include ONLY the ingredients and amounts, NO recipe instructions and NO dairy"]

Out[3]=

Ingredients:- 2 cups broccoli florets- 1 cup cooked rice- 1 cup vegetable broth- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs- 1/4 cup olive oil- 1/4 cup chopped onion- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast- 1 tablespoon lemon juice- 1 teaspoon dried thyme- 1/2 teaspoon salt- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

In[4]:=

ResourceFunction["NutritionReport"]["- 2 cups broccoli florets- 1 cup cooked rice- 1 cup vegetable broth- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs- 1/4 cup olive oil- 1/4 cup chopped onion- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast","AdditionalFluff"{"-"}]

Out[4]=

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Nutrition Per Food

Input

Interpretation

Nutrition

2 cups broccoli florets

EntityInstance

food

,

2

c



absolute calorie content

53.Cal

absolute fat content

0g

absolute protein content

4.g

4 total ›

1 cup cooked rice

EntityInstance

food

,

1

c



absolute calorie content

1.7×

2

10

Cal

absolute fat content

0.3g

absolute protein content

4.g

4 total ›

1 cup vegetable broth

EntityInstance

food

,

1

c



absolute calorie content

13.Cal

absolute fat content

0g

absolute protein content

0g

4 total ›

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

EntityInstance

food

,

1

2

c



absolute calorie content

2.1×

2

10

Cal

absolute fat content

2.g

absolute protein content

7.g

4 total ›

1/4 cup olive oil

EntityInstance

food

,

1

4

c



absolute calorie content

4.5×

2

10

Cal

absolute fat content

5.×

1

10

g

absolute protein content

0g

4 total ›

1/4 cup chopped onion

EntityInstance

food

,

1

4

c



absolute calorie content

15.Cal

absolute fat content

0.05g

absolute protein content

0.4g

4 total ›

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Copy the food entities and quantities to further assess the nutritional differences using colorful visualizations:

First, compare the calorie distributions in the dairy and non-dairy versions of the broccoli casserole:

Total the calories for each recipe to compare the overall calories:

The recipes are surprisingly close in total calories despite the significant differences in their ingredients:

Next, compare the grams of fat, protein and carbohydrates for the two recipes:

The dairy ingredients contribute to the slightly higher fat content of the first casserole, while olive oil is the primary fat source in the second casserole. Cheddar cheese is a major source of the higher protein in the first recipe. Carbohydrates are higher in the second casserole due to the use of both rice and breadcrumbs.

External Links

Nutrients by the Numbers: Food and Nutrition Statistics with Wolfram Language

See Also

Publisher Information

Contributed by: Isabel Skidmore and Gay Wilson