Today, food becomes increasingly important for the population. Eating a balanced, healthy diet has become a priority objective, which is leading to a change in eating habits and in the lifestyle of the citizens.
However, much remains to be done in this area. The pace of life in the Western world has made in recent years less time available to plan adequate food intake, inducing the proliferation of fast food and industrial products, what have ultimately worsen the eating habits of the European population.
Menuterraneus is a company founded to help respond to this problem, making available to the population a truly effective and useful tool that can automate the planning of their weekly menu, to help families to acquire healthy habits. Specifically, Menuterraneus has developed an algorithm able to automatically generate a nutritionally balanced menu, making it complementary to the school menu that children receive in their schools. Thus, responding to the question that all European families make every day "What will we eat today?

Planning a nutritionally balanced meal is a complex job that requires considering multiple factors. If this menu must also suit the tastes and profile of a particular family, the task complexity increases significantly. Generally, this task is performed manually and on a personal basis by nutritionists.

Menuterraneus has developed an algorithm that can automatically generate a balanced, personalized menu for each family and, if applicable, complementary to the school menu. To do this Menuterraneus has worked on three fronts:
1. First, it has a team of nutritionists to define nutritional guidelines for a healthy diet, providing the algorithm with a scientific component. From these patterns we have defined rules that determine food categories, valid frequency ranges and incompatibilities between different food types.
2. Secondly, we have determined allocation criteria’s and preferences for each prescription that the user can adapt to his taste, giving the algorithm a human component
3. Finally, we have developed a system for categorizing recipes, both the personal ones and in particular school menu recipes."oday, food becomes increasingly important for the population. Eating a balanced, healthy diet has become a priority objective, which is leading to a change in eating habits and in the lifestyle of the citizens.