Vittelio

Inside Vittelio

Respects what you avoid.

Tell Vittelio what you skip — nuts, fish & shellfish, dairy, gluten, vegetarian, or vegan — and every suggestion in the app works around it.

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Vittelio’s preferences screen, “Any foods to avoid?”, with toggles for tree nuts and peanuts, fish and shellfish, dairy, gluten, vegetarian, and vegan

Six switches, applied everywhere

During setup (and any time after, from the Profile tab) you can mark what you avoid: tree nuts & peanuts, fish & shellfish, dairy, gluten, vegetarian, or vegan. From then on, every replacement card, every alternative behind the Skip button, and every recipe suggestion is filtered against your choices — there is no separate “allergy mode” to remember.

The filter works at two levels: broad food-group rules first, then a scan of each recipe's actual ingredient list — including compound carriers that are easy to forget, like pesto (nuts), teriyaki and most soy sauces (wheat), or granola (often both).

Cautious on purpose

When a dish is ambiguous, Vittelio errs on the side of leaving it out. A stir-fry with soy sauce is excluded for gluten even though gluten-free soy sauce exists, because a suggestion you have to double-check isn't a helpful suggestion. That said, the filter is a convenience, not a guarantee — if you have a medical allergy, always check real product labels and ingredients yourself.

Still a real plan

Restrictions never weaken the honesty of the app. Your MIND score is computed exactly the same way for everyone — the filter only shapes which dishes get suggested. And the catalog is deep enough that even the strictest setting, fully vegan, still leaves a workable plan; the MIND pattern is largely plant-forward by design, though animal-food groups like fish and poultry naturally won't contribute points to a fully plant-based week.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is the filter safe for a severe allergy?

Treat it as a convenience, not a guarantee. Vittelio filters cautiously, but it can’t know specific products or cross-contamination — with a medical allergy, always check labels and ingredients.

Can I follow the MIND diet as a vegetarian or vegan?

Largely, yes — most encouraged groups (greens, vegetables, berries, nuts, beans, whole grains, olive oil) are plant foods. Fish and poultry won’t add points, and Vittelio never suggests them.

Can I add a custom allergy the list doesn’t cover?

The current version offers the six categories above. For anything more specific, every recipe shows its full ingredient list up front, so you can judge each dish yourself.