$1,500–2,900
lost per year by the average family to food that went bad before it was used — USDA to EPA (2025)
Household food & pantry intelligence
WHAT'S ALREADY IN YOUR KITCHEN IS WORTH MORE THAN YOU THINK.
The average family loses $1,500 to nearly $2,900 a year to food that goes bad — and still stands in front of a full fridge with nothing to cook. Forage fixes both: it tracks everything you own, and tells you exactly what you can make with it, right now.
No subscription. No cloud. Runs on your own hardware.
A living kitchen list
Everything home has a place — and a next use.
The cost of not knowing
Right now, in a typical kitchen
2/3
of household food waste happens simply because it wasn't used in time
$3,000–13,000+
saved per year by cooking at home instead of eating out
A costly default
AMERICANS NOW SPEND MORE EATING OUT THAN ON GROCERIES.
$1.41T dining out vs. $1.10T on food at home in 2025 — first time on record. USDA ERS.
The assumption
29% THINK EATING OUT COSTS ABOUT THE SAME AS COOKING AT HOME.
The difference
It doesn't: $4–$6 per person cooking, vs. $10–$20+ eating out.
The useful part
What Forage does
ONE PRIVATE, OFFLINE SYSTEM THAT TRACKS WHAT YOU HAVE — AND TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
01
ForageWHOLE-HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY
Every item in the house, one source of truth — synced across everyone, in real time.
02
ForageGROCERY-RUN CAPTURE
Log purchases the moment you buy them. They sync to the household system automatically.
03
ForageLOCATION-AWARE TRACKING
Every item lives somewhere specific — Fridge 1, Fridge 2, Freezer 1, 2, or 3. Know where, not just what.
04
Forage"WHAT CAN I MAKE RIGHT NOW?"
On-device AI checks your real inventory against real recipes. No manual cross-checking.
05
ForageSMART SHOPPING GAPS
Want to cook something you're not fully stocked for? Forage spells out exactly what's missing.
06
Forage"USE IT BEFORE IT'S GONE"
Proactive meal ideas built around what's close to expiring, so nothing's forgotten.
07
ForageFULLY OFFLINE, FULLY PRIVATE
All AI runs locally. Nothing about your kitchen ever touches a cloud server.
08
ForageMULTI-DEVICE HOUSEHOLD SYNC
Every device stays in sync over a private connection — never a third-party cloud.
09
ForageDIETARY & ALLERGEN AWARENESS
Flags preferences and allergens, including gluten — always double-check the label too.
10
ForageBUILT FOR REAL FAMILIES
No networking know-how required. If your household can use a smartphone, it can run Forage.
How it stays yours
PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE, NOT BY POLICY.
Most 'AI-powered' apps mean your data goes to someone else's server. Forage doesn't. The AI that reads your inventory and matches your recipes runs entirely on your own computer — and when your phone or a second computer needs to sync, it happens over a private, encrypted tunnel directly between your own devices, not through a company's cloud. That's not a setting you can turn off or a policy that can change later — it's how the app is built.
AI THAT NEVER LEAVES HOME
Helpful intelligence stays close to the inventory it understands: on your own computer.
YOUR OWN PRIVATE TUNNEL
Your devices sync directly, without making a third-party cloud the keeper of your kitchen.
The before and after
What changes with Forage
The familiar loop
Losing track of what you own
$1,500–2,900/yr, gone
The useful loop
Knowing exactly what you own
$3,000–13,000+/yr, saved
A better next step
STOP LOSING MONEY TO FOOD YOU FORGOT YOU HAD.
Know exactly what's home, exactly where it is, and exactly what to cook with it — before it's gone.