Terms, disclaimer and licenses

Disclaimer

basalfit provides general information about food and nutrition. It is not medical advice and doesn't replace a doctor, registered dietitian or other qualified professional. Talk to one before changing your diet, especially if you are pregnant, have a medical condition, or take medication.

Nutrition values are estimates calculated from ingredient data and rounded the way U.S. food labels are. Real values vary with brands, ingredients and preparation. When data for a nutrient is missing we say so rather than counting it as zero.

Diet and allergen information (for example "gluten-free" or "no peanuts") is derived from each recipe's ingredients and is not a guarantee. Always check product labels and cross-contamination risks if you have an allergy or intolerance.

Terms of use

By using basalfit's website, apps, API or MCP server you agree to these terms.

• You may use basalfit for personal, non-commercial purposes, including through AI assistants and agents.
• Automated access is welcome through the API and MCP server within fair-use limits. Don't scrape the site in bulk, copy or redistribute basalfit's recipe collection or ingredient data as a dataset, or try to bypass limits. Commercial and high-volume use needs an API agreement.
• When you show basalfit results to others, link to the recipe on basalfit.com.
• Don't misuse the service: no attacks, abuse or attempts to access other people's accounts.
• basalfit is provided "as is", without warranties. To the extent the law allows, basalfit isn't liable for damages arising from your use of the service or reliance on its information.
• Posts, comments and profiles: you must be 13 or older (or the higher minimum age where you live). You keep what you post, and let basalfit show it on basalfit.com and in its apps. Don't post harassment, spam, or health advice that could cause harm. Posts and comments that three people report are hidden until a moderator looks, and moderators may remove what breaks these terms.
• We may update these terms; the date above shows the latest version.

Privacy

• Searches and nutrition requests are recorded anonymously (no IP address, account or device identifiers) to improve basalfit. They are never sold or used for advertising.
• Your goals, food log, weights, water, fasting, kitchen, saved recipes, shopping list and meal plans stay in your browser on your device. basalfit's servers don't receive them.
• A packaged food you add (its barcode, name, brand and Nutrition Facts) is shared with everyone once a moderator approves it. basalfit keeps which account added it, to limit abuse, and never shows it.
• When you scan a barcode basalfit doesn't have, basalfit's server asks Open Food Facts for that barcode only; your device never contacts it.
• If you choose a handle, your profile (name, handle, followers and following), posts, comments and like counts are public. Who you block stays private. Deleting a post deletes its comments and likes.
• When you're signed in, basalfit notes which days you use it (the day only, never what you did there), to count how many people use basalfit.
• If you turn on notifications, basalfit's server keeps this browser's push address and the times your next reminders are due (at most two days ahead), to send an empty push then. What a reminder says stays on your device. "Turn off notifications" deletes both.
• If you sign in, our sign-in provider (Google Firebase) processes your name, email and sign-in method. Health information such as goals, weight or food logs is never sent to it.
• We use a session cookie to keep you signed in and, if you connect Google Drive, an encrypted cookie that keeps that connection on your device. We use no advertising or tracking cookies.

Google Drive (optional)

Only if you choose to connect Google Drive, basalfit backs up the data above and syncs it across your devices through your own Drive:

• basalfit asks Google for access only to files basalfit creates (thedrive.file permission), and uses it only to create, read and update its backup files in a "basalfit" folder in your Drive. It can't see any other file in your Drive.
• Your data goes from your device straight to your Drive. It doesn't pass through or stay on basalfit's servers, and basalfit doesn't share it with anyone, sell it, use it for advertising or use it to train AI models.
• To keep your devices connected, Google's access token is kept in an encrypted cookie on each device you connect; basalfit's servers don't store it.
• If you connect an AI assistant to basalfit's tracking server (basalfit.com/mcp/me) and sign in, what it logs passes through basalfit's servers on its way to your Drive and isn't stored. The assistant keeps the encrypted access; removing basalfit in your Google Account settings ends it.
• You can disconnect at any time from the Google Drive card in basalfit, or by removing basalfit's access in your Google Account settings. The files stay in your Drive for you to keep or delete.

basalfit's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Data sources

Nutrient data comes from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central. fdc.nal.usda.gov. It is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). basalfit's recipes, curated ingredient list, diet tags and calculations are basalfit's own.

Packaged foods USDA doesn't list come fromOpen Food Facts, made available under theOpen Database License (ODbL); basalfit leaves out records whose numbers don't add up. Barcode answers say which source each product came from.

Software licenses

basalfit includes open-source software. Notices and license texts for the software in our web app are inthird-party notices.