Acceptance of these terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and the developer of Vittelio ("we," "us"). By downloading, accessing, or using the Vittelio app (the "App"), you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.

General wellness, not medical advice

Vittelio is a general wellness and educational tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. The scores, plans, and suggestions it produces are general information based largely on published research on lifestyle, diet, and brain health (including the MIND diet studies), not personalized medical, nutritional, or clinical guidance. Always seek the advice of your physician or a qualified health professional before making changes to your diet, and never disregard or delay professional medical advice because of something you read in the App. If you have a medical condition, food allergy, eating disorder, or are pregnant or nursing, consult a professional before acting on any suggestion. The allergy and dietary filters in the App are a convenience, not a guarantee — you remain responsible for verifying that any food is safe for you.

Eligibility

The App is intended for adults. You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, to use it. By using the App you represent that you meet this requirement.

Your licence to use the App

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on Apple devices you own or control, for your own personal, non-commercial use, in accordance with these Terms and the Apple Media Services Terms. You may not copy, modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, resell, sublicense, or create derivative works from the App except where the law expressly permits it.

Purchases and free trial

The App is free to try for a limited trial period, after which continued use requires a one-time purchase. The purchase is a single payment, not a subscription — nothing renews and there are no recurring charges. The price is shown on the App Store listing and on the purchase screen before you buy. All payments are processed by Apple through your Apple ID; we never see or store your payment details. Refunds are handled by Apple under its App Store terms — we cannot issue them directly. If you reinstall the App or move to a new device, you can restore a previous purchase at no charge from the purchase screen.

Your responsibility

You are solely responsible for the dietary and lifestyle decisions you make while using the App, and for the accuracy of the information you enter. The quality of any suggestion depends on what you tell the App. Suggestions are general options informed by research, not instructions tailored to your health.

Recipes and food preparation

Recipes in the App are general guidance for home cooking, not professional culinary instruction. You are responsible for preparing food safely: handle, store, and cook ingredients according to standard food-safety practices, cook meat, poultry, fish, and eggs thoroughly, and use your own judgment about ingredient freshness and quality. Cooking involves inherent risks — heat, sharp tools, and raw ingredients — that you assume when you cook. Cooking times, temperatures, and yields are approximate and vary with your equipment and ingredients; a dish’s outcome is not guaranteed. If you prepare food for others, you are responsible for checking that it is safe and suitable for them, including for their allergies and dietary needs.

Intellectual property

The Vittelio app — its name, branding, design, software, and the curated selection and arrangement of its content — is owned by the developer and protected by intellectual-property laws, and these Terms do not transfer any ownership to you. The developer does not claim to own the material the App is built on that is free for everyone, such as public USDA nutrition data and published research. "Vittelio" and its associated marks are the property of the developer.

Acceptable use

You agree to use the App only for lawful, personal purposes and not to interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the App or any system it relies on.

Apple App Store terms

These Terms are between you and the developer only, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content. To the extent the App is downloaded from the Apple App Store, your use is also subject to the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, and the Apple standard End User Licence Agreement (EULA) applies. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them. Apple has no obligation to provide support or maintenance for the App and no responsibility for addressing any claims relating to the App, including product-liability, legal, regulatory, or intellectual-property claims.

No warranty

The App is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that its calorie figures, scores, or suggestions are complete or accurate. Calorie and nutrient values are estimates computed automatically by matching each dish to public USDA data on the same or similar foods — they are not laboratory measurements and are not individually verified by a nutrition professional. They reflect typical home-cooked portions; restaurant or takeout versions of the same dish are often larger and higher in calories, and your own portions may differ. MIND scores are computed using the scoring method defined in the original 2015 MIND-diet research, and do not include that method's wine component, so scores range from 0 to 14 rather than 15. As research accumulates, we may revise the scoring method, or the food groups it counts, in a future version of the App; if we do, your score could change without prior notice. Every score, figure, and suggestion the App shows is produced by automated computation from the information you enter and may contain errors; none is guaranteed to be exact.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the developer will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of health, data, profits, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of (or inability to use) the App, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. To the extent any liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the App, if any.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the developer from any claims, damages, or expenses arising out of your misuse of the App or your breach of these Terms.

Changes to the App and these Terms

We may update, change, or discontinue the App or these Terms at any time. Updates to the App are provided at our discretion — a purchase includes any updates we release, but does not obligate us to release future updates or to keep the App available on the App Store. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date here. Your continued use of the App after changes take effect means you accept the revised Terms.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the developer's place of residence, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except where mandatory local consumer-protection laws give you additional rights.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us through our support page.