Photo → Calorie Estimate

Is This Plate 600 or 900 Calories?

Send @vustCalBot a photo of your food and get an estimate back in seconds: dish name, calories, protein/fat/carb grams, the portion it assumed, and a confidence line. Free 3 scans a day, then 1✦ each — and a photo of something that isn't food never costs you anything.

Free 3 scans/day · 1✦ after · not-food never charged.AI estimate, not medical or dietary advice
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Photo in, estimate outFree 3 scans/day1✦ per scan after that

Honest scope

An estimate you can act on, not a diagnosis

Every result — the welcome message and every single scan — carries the same line: this is an AI estimate from a photo, not medical or dietary advice. It's built to catch the big misses (400 vs 900 kcal), not to replace a nutritionist or a lab-grade food scale. Sauces, hidden oil and portion guesses are the honest sources of error.

Photos are never stored — only the compact numeric result, so /today can add up your day.

See the difference

One photo, an honest estimate — free 3 times a day.

The moment this solves

The question

A plate of chicken thighs, rice and a side of vegetables in front of you. Is that 500 calories or 900? Guessing wrong compounds daily, and weighing every meal isn't realistic for most people.

What @vustCalBot returns

Send the photo — back comes a dish name, an estimated kcal count, protein/fat/carb grams, the portion size it assumed, and a confidence line so you know how much to trust the number. Every result carries the same honest line: this is an AI estimate from a photo, not medical or dietary advice.

A real scan, worked through

The photo

A takeout container: grilled salmon, roasted potatoes, a scoop of coleslaw — photographed on a kitchen counter under normal light.

The estimate

"Grilled salmon with roasted potatoes and coleslaw — approx. 640 kcal (38g protein, 32g fat, 48g carbs), assuming a standard takeout portion. Confidence: medium — sauce and oil amounts are the biggest unknowns." That's the whole interaction: no manual food-database search, no barcode.

Free tier, and what happens after

3 scans a day, no charge

The free tier isn't a trial — it's 3 real scans every day, reset at UTC midnight, forever. A photo of something that isn't food is never charged, whether you're on the free tier or paying per scan.

Past 3/day

Each additional scan is 1✦ (a spark, topped up via Telegram Stars — no subscription, no card required to start). /today sums the day's scans into a running total: calories, protein, fat and carbs.

02·Practical use cases

Who this fits

Casual calorie-curious

Wondering if a plate is 500 or 900 kcal, without weighing anything

A photo answers it in seconds — dish name, kcal, protein/fat/carb grams, portion assumption, confidence line.

Free-tier trackers

Wanting AI photo scanning without a subscription

3 free scans every day, forever — not a trial. Not-food photos are never charged either.

Occasional loggers

A rough daily sense of intake without full tracking discipline

/today sums the day's scans into a running total: calories, protein, fat, carbs.

03·How it works

How a scan works

01Send a food photo

In Telegram, to @vustCalBot — no app, no account setup.

02Get dish + macros back

Kcal, protein/fat/carb grams, portion assumption, confidence line — an AI estimate, not medical or dietary advice.

03Free 3/day, then 1✦

After 3 scans/day, each additional scan is 1✦. Not-food photos are never charged.

04·Same tool · in Telegram

Telegram

Scan your plate for free

@vustCalBot · Open @vustCalBot, send a food photo, get calories and macros back in seconds. 3 scans a day, no charge.

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05·Quality & trust

Honest scope — estimate, not diagnosis

AI estimate only

Every result — welcome message and every scan — carries the same disclaimer: an AI estimate from a photo, not medical or dietary advice.

Photos aren't stored

Only the compact numeric result (dish, kcal, macros) is kept, and only so /today can sum the day. No photo gallery, no long-term image storage.

Not-food never charged

A photo that isn't food costs nothing on either tier — free-tier slots and paid-tier sparks are both protected.

Frequently asked questions

More ways to turn a photo into a number.

Cal AI comparison

Their photo-scan is paywalled; ours is the free tier — the honest trade-off.

Receipt scanner

Same photo-in idea, for expenses: merchant, total, category.

Pay with Telegram Stars

How ✦ spark pricing works across every VUST bot.

Ready when you are

Free 3 scans a day. Then 1✦ each.

No subscription, no app install — a Telegram chat that estimates calories and macros from a photo. Not-food photos are never charged.

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