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. Your first scan is free; after that you keep going in Telegram — and a photo of something that isn't food never costs you anything.
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 sources of error.
See the difference
One photo, an estimate — the first one free.
Who this fits
- Casual calorie-curious
- Wondering if a plate is 500 or 900 kcal, without weighing anything
- A photo returns dish name, kcal, protein/fat/carb grams, portion assumption and confidence.
- First-time triers
- Wanting to try AI photo scanning before deciding anything
- The first scan is free. 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.
How a scan works
- 01
Send a food photo
In Telegram, to @vustCalBot — no app, no account setup.
- 02
Get dish + macros back
Kcal, protein/fat/carb grams, portion assumption, confidence line — an AI estimate, not medical or dietary advice.
- 03
First scan free, then keep going
The first scan is free; after that you continue in Telegram. Not-food photos are never charged, and a failed scan costs nothing.
Scan your first plate free
Open @vustCalBot, send a food photo, get calories and macros. Your first scan is free.
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 — free or continued use is both protected.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is a calorie estimate from one photo?
It's an estimate, not a lab measurement — the confidence line on every result tells you how much the model trusts its own read. Sauces, hidden oil, and portion size are the usual sources of error. Use it to catch the big misses (is this 400 or 900 kcal), not to hit a number to the gram.
Is this medical or dietary advice?
No. Every single result — on the welcome message and on every scan — carries the same disclaimer: this is an AI estimate from a photo, not medical or dietary advice. If you have a diagnosed condition that requires precise nutrition tracking, talk to a professional and use a tool built for that, not a photo estimator.
What happens if I photograph something that isn't food?
Nothing is charged. A photo that isn't food is rejected and never charged.
Are my food photos stored anywhere?
No. Photos are not persisted at all — only the compact numeric result (dish name, kcal, protein/fat/carb grams) is stored, and only so /today can sum your day's totals. There's no photo gallery, no long-term food log, no image ever kept past the single vision call that reads it.
What does /today actually show?
A running total of everything scanned since UTC midnight: number of scans, combined calories, and combined protein/fat/carb grams. It resets daily and only covers the current day — there's no weekly or historical view yet.
Do I need an app or a food database account?
No app, no account, no manual search through a food database. It's a Telegram chat: open @vustCalBot, send a photo, get the estimate. The trade is depth — no barcode scanning, no recipe builder, no long-term trend charts — for the speed of a single photo.
Ready when you are
Your first scan is free.
No app install — a Telegram chat that estimates calories and macros from a photo; after the first scan you keep going in Telegram. Not-food photos are never charged.