These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding legal agreement between you and Dina Shadi, doing business as Mealkit ("Mealkit," the "App," "we," "us," or "our"), and they govern your access to and use of the Mealkit mobile application and any related services.
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These Terms affect your legal rights. In particular, they contain:
If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the App.
Mealkit is not a food safety service
Mealkit generates recipe ideas automatically from ingredients you report. It cannot see, smell, test, or verify your food. It does not know whether an ingredient is fresh, spoiled, contaminated, correctly stored, or safe for you to eat, and it cannot reliably determine whether any recipe is free of any allergen. You are solely responsible for food safety, for reading the actual labels on the food in your kitchen, and for every decision about what you and anyone you cook for eats.
Mealkit is operated by Dina Shadi, doing business as Mealkit, located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. In these Terms, "we," "us," and "our" mean that provider and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, successors, and assigns (together, the "Mealkit Parties"). References to the "App" include the Mealkit mobile application, its content, its features, and any output it generates.
If we later reorganize the business into a limited liability company or other entity, these Terms will continue in force between you and that successor entity, and any reference to the provider will mean that entity.
Mealkit requires a subscription. Before you can start a free trial or purchase a subscription, we show you a screen that displays a link to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy together with a statement that starting a trial or subscribing means you agree to them. When you tap the button to start your free trial or to subscribe on that screen, you are affirmatively agreeing to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. That is the point at which this agreement is formed between you and us.
You also accept these Terms by tapping or clicking any other button or checkbox indicating that you agree, or by creating an account, whichever happens first. If you use the App without subscribing, these Terms still govern that use to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Your purchase is a separate transaction with Apple. Agreeing to Apple's terms at the App Store payment prompt is not the same as agreeing to these Terms, and vice versa; both apply.
We record the date and time of your acceptance, the version of these Terms and the Privacy Policy in effect at that moment, and the account, subscriber, or device identifier associated with that acceptance. You agree that such a record is admissible evidence of your agreement to these Terms.
If we materially change these Terms, we may ask you to accept the updated version before you continue using the App. Your continued use after an update takes effect also constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms, except where applicable law requires your affirmative consent.
You must be at least 13 years old to use Mealkit. By using the App, you represent and warrant that you are 13 or older. We do not permit anyone under 13 to use the App, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13.
If you are between 13 and 17, you may use Mealkit only with the knowledge, involvement, and permission of a parent or legal guardian. By permitting you to use the App, your parent or guardian represents that they have read and agree to these Terms on your behalf, consent to your use of the App and to our processing of your information as described in our Privacy Policy, and agree to be bound by these Terms including the arbitration agreement and class action waiver in Section 25. You and your parent or guardian agree that continued use of the App, including after any update to these Terms, ratifies and reaffirms this agreement.
You represent that you, or if you are a minor your parent or guardian, are able to form a legally binding contract, that you are not barred from using the App under the laws of your jurisdiction, and that the information you give us is accurate.
Cooking involves heat, sharp tools, fire, and raw food. If you are a minor, do not cook without appropriate adult supervision.
What it is. Mealkit helps you cook with ingredients you already have. You tell the App what is in your kitchen by photographing your fridge or counter, scanning a grocery receipt, scanning a barcode, or typing ingredients in. The App then uses automated systems, including artificial intelligence and large language models, to generate recipe and meal ideas built around the ingredients it believes you have, along with an optional step-by-step guided cook mode with timers, and the ability to save favorites.
What it is not. Mealkit is an entertainment, convenience, and inspiration tool. It is not:
Mealkit does not integrate with Apple Health or HealthKit and does not receive health records from any source.
We may change, suspend, add, or remove features of the App at any time, and we may impose limits on certain features or restrict access to parts or all of the App, without notice or liability.
Creating an account is optional. If you choose to sign in with Apple, you are responsible for keeping your credentials and device secure and for all activity that occurs through your account. Notify us promptly at [email protected] if you believe your account has been compromised. We are not liable for any loss arising from unauthorized use of your account.
You may not create an account for anyone else, share your account, sell or transfer your account, or create an account using false information.
Full access to Mealkit requires Mealkit Pro, an auto-renewing subscription sold through the Apple App Store.
Apple's standard App Store subscription terms also apply to your purchase. Where those terms and these Terms conflict as to billing, Apple's terms control.
All purchases are made through Apple, and Apple alone decides refunds. We do not process payments and we cannot issue, approve, or deny a refund. To request one, use Apple's process at reportaproblem.apple.com. Except where a refund is required by applicable law or granted by Apple, payments are non-refundable and we do not provide refunds or credits for partially used periods, unused features, or periods during which you did not use the App.
If you believe you were billed in error, contact us at [email protected] before initiating a chargeback, and we will try to help you resolve it with Apple. Initiating a chargeback or payment reversal without first contacting us is a breach of these Terms, and we may suspend or terminate your access while a chargeback is pending or after it is resolved.
This section limits our responsibility for what you eat
Mealkit cannot make food safe, and nothing in the App should be treated as a representation that any ingredient, recipe, or suggestion is safe for you or for anyone else.
You acknowledge and agree that:
Your affirmative duty. Before preparing or eating anything suggested by the App, you agree to independently verify every ingredient by reading the actual physical label and packaging on the food in your kitchen, and to use your own judgment about safety, freshness, and suitability. You agree that you are not relying on Mealkit to identify, avoid, screen for, or warn you about any allergen, contaminant, spoilage, or dietary risk, and that you would not use the App on any other basis.
If you use the App to prepare food for anyone other than yourself, including family members, children, guests, customers, clients, students, patients, or the public, you do so entirely at your own risk and on your own responsibility.
You are solely responsible for knowing and accommodating the allergies, intolerances, medical conditions, religious requirements, and dietary needs of every person you serve, for reading the actual labels of everything you use, and for warning them about what a dish contains. We have no relationship with, and owe no duty to, any person you cook for.
Section 21 (Indemnification) applies in full to any claim brought by a person you prepared food for.
Mealkit is licensed for personal, household, non-commercial use only. You may not use the App to prepare food for sale or for commercial food service without our prior written agreement.
Recipes, ingredient lists, quantities, substitutions, cook times, temperatures, descriptions, and other output in the App are generated automatically by artificial intelligence systems, including third-party large language models. You acknowledge that such output:
You are solely responsible for evaluating AI output before acting on it, and for any decision you make or action you take based on it. Never follow an instruction from the App that seems unsafe, that conflicts with the label on your food, or that conflicts with your own knowledge or a professional's advice.
To the extent any output is capable of ownership, we do not claim ownership of the output shown to you, and you may use it for your personal, non-commercial cooking. We make no representation that any output is free of third-party rights.
When you photograph your fridge, counter, or pantry, or scan a receipt or barcode, that image is processed by us and by our service providers only to identify food items, and is then discarded as described in our Privacy Policy.
You are responsible for what you put in frame. Do not photograph people, children, faces, documents, medication, or anything else you do not want processed. By submitting an image you represent that you have the right to do so and that you have any consent required from anyone whose likeness or information appears in it.
Recognition is automated and imperfect. See Section 8.
Mealkit does not provide medical, nutritional, dietetic, therapeutic, or health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. We are not a healthcare provider, a licensed dietitian or nutritionist, a food safety authority, or a professional chef, and we are not engaged in the practice of medicine, dietetics, nutrition, or any regulated profession in any jurisdiction.
Your use of the App does not create any doctor-patient, dietitian-client, professional, or fiduciary relationship between you and any of the Mealkit Parties. Any category, filter, label, or tag in the App, including anything referencing protein, calories, macros, or a dietary style, is a convenience descriptor only, is generated automatically, may be inaccurate, and is not nutritional analysis or advice.
Always seek the advice of a qualified professional with any question about a medical condition, an allergy, or your diet, and never disregard or delay seeking professional advice because of something you saw in the App.
You understand, acknowledge, and voluntarily agree that:
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you knowingly and voluntarily assume all risk arising from your use of the App, and you release and forever discharge the Mealkit Parties from any and all claims, demands, damages, losses, costs, and liabilities of every kind, known or unknown, arising out of or relating to your use of or reliance on the App or its output, including any illness, allergic reaction, injury, or loss suffered by you or by any person you prepared food for.
If you are a California resident, you expressly waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which reads: "A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party." You waive any comparable provision of any other jurisdiction.
Nothing in this Section releases us from liability that cannot be released under applicable law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence where such a release is prohibited, or for fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.
You retain ownership of the ingredients, lists, notes, saved recipes, preferences, images, and other content you submit to the App ("Your Content"). You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, process, adapt, and transmit Your Content solely to operate, provide, secure, support, and improve the App and its features, including by transmitting it to the service providers described in our Privacy Policy. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies retained in backups or as required by law, as described in our Privacy Policy.
You represent and warrant that you own or have all rights necessary to submit Your Content and that it does not infringe or violate anyone's rights or any law.
We may remove or refuse to process any content at our discretion. We have no obligation to store, back up, retain, or return Your Content, and you are responsible for keeping your own copies of anything you want to keep.
If you send us feedback, suggestions, ideas, reviews, or feature requests, you do so voluntarily and you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully sublicensable license to use, modify, and commercialize them for any purpose, with no obligation, attribution, confidentiality, or compensation to you.
You agree not to, and not to help anyone else:
The App, including its software, models, prompts, design, interfaces, text, graphics, and the Mealkit name and logo, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except for Your Content, we grant you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use the App on Apple-branded devices you own or control, for your own personal, household, non-commercial purposes, in accordance with these Terms and the App Store Terms of Service. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or create derivative works from any part of the App, or remove any proprietary notice.
The App relies on third-party services, including Apple, our cloud and database provider, our AI processing provider (Anthropic), our analytics provider, our subscription management provider, and third-party product and barcode databases. We do not control those services, we are not responsible for their acts, omissions, availability, accuracy, or content, and their own terms and privacy policies apply to their handling of data. Any links to third-party sites or content are provided for convenience and are not an endorsement.
THE APP AND ALL OUTPUT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Mealkit Parties expressly disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or arising from course of dealing or usage of trade, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, quiet enjoyment, accuracy, and non-infringement.
Without limiting the foregoing, we do not warrant that: the App will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; defects will be corrected; the App or its servers are free of harmful components; any output will be accurate, complete, reliable, current, safe, edible, palatable, nutritionally appropriate, or free of any allergen; any ingredient identification will be correct; or the App will meet your requirements or produce any particular result. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from us or through the App creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. In that case, any implied warranty is limited to the shortest duration permitted by law.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
(a) Excluded damages. The Mealkit Parties will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, business, or anticipated savings, or for any personal injury, illness, allergic reaction, or property damage arising from the preparation or consumption of food, arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of or inability to use the App, whether based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, product liability, warranty, statute, or any other theory, and even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
(b) Total cap. The total aggregate liability of the Mealkit Parties for all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App will not exceed the greater of (i) the total amount you actually paid us for the App in the twelve months immediately before the event giving rise to the claim, or (ii) one hundred US dollars (US $100.00).
(c) Independent allocation. These limitations apply to each claim and in the aggregate, apply even if a limited remedy fails of its essential purpose, and reflect an agreed allocation of risk that is a fundamental basis of the bargain between us. The price of the App would be materially higher without them.
(d) Carve-out. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for gross negligence or willful misconduct, or for certain statutory consumer rights. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. In those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Mealkit Parties from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and the cost of investigation, arising out of or relating to:
We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, at your expense, and you agree to cooperate with our defense. You may not settle any such matter in a way that imposes any obligation or admission on us without our prior written consent. This Section survives termination.
These Terms are between you and us only, not with Apple Inc. or its subsidiaries ("Apple"). To the extent you obtained the App through the Apple App Store, you acknowledge and agree that:
You may stop using the App at any time, delete your account from within the App, and cancel your subscription through Apple.
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the App, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, if we believe you have violated these Terms, if we believe it is necessary to protect the App, other users, or any third party, if required by law, or if we discontinue the App. Termination does not entitle you to any refund; refunds are handled solely by Apple as described in Section 7.
Survival. Sections 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (as to the license for retained copies), 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and any other provision that by its nature should survive, will survive termination or expiration of these Terms.
These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the App are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and by applicable United States federal law including the Federal Arbitration Act. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
Subject to Section 25, and to Section 27 for consumers outside the United States, you and we agree that the exclusive venue for any dispute not subject to arbitration is the state and federal courts located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there and waive any objection based on inconvenient forum.
Nothing in this Section deprives a consumer of the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which they reside, where applicable law so requires.
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It requires you to resolve most disputes with us by individual binding arbitration instead of in court, and it waives your right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action. You may opt out within 30 days as described in Section 25.7.
Before starting an arbitration or any proceeding, you agree to first email us at [email protected] with a short written description of the dispute, the relief you seek, and your contact information, and to give us 30 days to resolve it informally. If requested, you agree to participate in one telephone or video conference in good faith. This process is a condition precedent to arbitration, and any applicable limitations period is tolled while it is pending.
If we cannot resolve the dispute informally, you and we agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, the App, its output, our marketing, or our relationship, whether based in contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, product liability, or any other theory, and whether arising before, during, or after termination, will be resolved exclusively by final and binding individual arbitration, and not in court, except as stated in Sections 25.5 and 25.8.
The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules in effect at the time the demand is filed, as modified by these Terms. The rules and forms are at adr.org. The arbitration will be before a single arbitrator, conducted in English, and decided under Pennsylvania law and the Federal Arbitration Act. Unless you and we agree otherwise, any hearing will be held by telephone or video, or if an in-person hearing is required, in the county where you reside or in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The arbitrator's award is final and binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
The arbitrator may award only the individual relief that a court could award to that individual claimant under applicable law, and may not award relief to or affecting anyone who is not a party. Fees are allocated under the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules, which require us to pay most of them for consumer claims.
The arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve any dispute about the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, scope, or formation of this arbitration agreement, including any claim that all or part of it is void or voidable, except that a court has exclusive authority to decide the enforceability of the class action waiver in Section 25.4 and the batching provision in Section 25.6.
You and we agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff, claimant, or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, coordinated, private attorney general, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims or preside over any form of representative or class proceeding, unless you and we both agree in writing after the dispute arises.
You and we waive any right to a trial by jury.
Blow-up provision. If this Section 25.4 is found unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, then that claim or request will be severed from the arbitration and brought exclusively in the courts identified in Section 24, and the remaining claims will proceed in arbitration. If Section 25.4 is found unenforceable in its entirety, then this entire Section 25 is void as to the affected dispute, and that dispute will proceed in the courts identified in Section 24, but the jury trial waiver above will continue to apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Either party may bring an individual claim in a small claims court with jurisdiction, so long as it stays in that court and remains individual. Either party may also seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to stop actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of intellectual property or of Section 16.
If 25 or more similar arbitration demands are filed against us by or with the assistance, coordination, or funding of the same or coordinated counsel or organizations, you and we agree the demands will be administered in staged batches of no more than 50 at a time, with an initial batch of bellwether cases resolved before the remaining demands proceed, and that the AAA's mass arbitration, batch, or supplementary filing procedures will apply where available. Any applicable limitations period is tolled for unfiled or batched demands while this process is pending. A court has exclusive authority to enforce this Section, and either party may seek an order requiring compliance with it before any arbitration proceeds.
You may opt out of this arbitration agreement. To do so, email [email protected] with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out" within 30 days of the date you first accepted these Terms, stating your name, the email or account associated with your use of the App, and that you opt out of the arbitration agreement. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms, and we will not retaliate against you for it. If you do not opt out within 30 days, you agree to be bound by this Section 25.
If we materially amend this Section 25 after you accept these Terms, you may reject the amendment by emailing us within 30 days of the change, in which case the version you last accepted continues to apply to you. This Section survives termination of these Terms and the end of your use of the App.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, and regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App must be filed within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action accrued, or it is permanently barred. This Section does not apply where a shortened limitation period is prohibited by applicable law, including for consumers in jurisdictions where such shortening is not permitted.
If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, or another jurisdiction whose law grants you non-waivable rights, the following applies and prevails over anything inconsistent in these Terms:
Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or if that is not possible, severed, and the remaining provisions will stay in full force. Section 25.4 has its own severability rule, which controls over this one.
No waiver. Our failure or delay in enforcing any provision is not a waiver of it, and no waiver is effective unless in writing.
Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights under them without our prior written consent, and any attempt to do so is void. We may assign these Terms freely, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets.
Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disaster, epidemic, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor dispute, government action, power or internet outage, cyberattack, or the failure of any third-party service or infrastructure.
No third-party beneficiaries. Except for the Mealkit Parties and for Apple under Section 22, these Terms create no third-party beneficiary rights.
Notices. We may give you notice by email, in the App, or by posting on this site. You may give us notice at [email protected].
Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any terms presented at the point of purchase, are the entire agreement between you and us about the App and supersede all prior understandings. Section and heading titles are for convenience only.
Interpretation. "Including" means "including without limitation." These Terms will not be construed against the drafter.
Export and government use. You may not use or export the App in violation of US export laws. The App is a "commercial item" as defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101, licensed to US Government end users with only those rights granted to all other end users.
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date and version at the top of this page and, for material changes, give you reasonable notice in the App or by email before they take effect. Material changes are not retroactive and do not apply to a dispute of which we had notice before the change. If you do not agree to an update, you must stop using the App and may cancel your subscription through Apple.
Questions, notices, or disputes about these Terms: [email protected].