Steijn
Free AI cooking assistant built into Albert Heijn's mobile app for personalized meal planning and smart grocery shopping.
- Data: EU
- GDPR-native
- EU-owned
Steijn is an AI-powered kitchen assistant exclusively available in Albert Heijn's My AH mobile app (owned by Dutch parent Ahold Delhaize). Built with Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, it offers recipe suggestions, photo-based fridge scanning, personalized meal planning, and social shopping integration. User data is anonymized and auto-deleted every 30 days, exceeding GDPR standards.
Steijn is an AI-powered kitchen assistant exclusively available in Albert Heijn's My AH mobile app (owned by Dutch parent Ahold Delhaize). Built with Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, it offers recipe suggestions, photo-based fridge scanning, personalized meal planning, and social shopping integration. User data is anonymized and auto-deleted every 30 days, exceeding GDPR standards.
Highlights
- ✓20,000+ recipe database with nutritional information
- ✓Photo recognition of refrigerator contents to suggest recipes
- ✓Data anonymized and deleted every 30 days (exceeds GDPR)
- ✓Integrated with Microsoft Azure AI for reliability
- Data location
- EU
- Pricing
- Free
- EU-owned
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- No
Good for
- Busy families saving 90 minutes to 2 hours weekly on meal planning
- Home cooks seeking personalized weekly meal menus aligned with dietary preferences
- Shoppers creating automatic shopping lists from social media recipe videos
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Steijn EU-owned and GDPR-native?
- Steijn — European-owned: Yes; GDPR-native: Yes; self-hostable: No; data stored in: EU.
- How much does Steijn cost?
- Pricing model: Free. Check Steijn's own site for current plans and numbers.
- What are European alternatives to Steijn?
- Compare GDPR-native European alternatives to Steijn — where each one is built, owned and hosted.
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