A food waste tracker that shows its working

Numbers marked confirmed or estimated

Some values are exact, because you entered a price. Others are estimated from category averages until you confirm them. SeePantry labels which is which and explains why a figure might change, instead of quietly revising last month when you were not looking.

Waste broken down by why it happened

When something is wasted you pick a reason: expired, spoiled, forgot about it, made too much, did not like it. Over a few months that breakdown is the most useful thing on the screen, because it tells you which habit to change rather than just that waste happened.

CO2 you can picture

Raw kilograms of CO2e mean very little to most people, so figures are also translated into equivalents, like kilometres not driven. Net figures account for both what you saved and what you wasted, rather than showing only the flattering half.

Common questions

Is there an app that tracks how much food I waste?

SeePantry records every item you mark used or wasted and reports money saved versus wasted, items rescued and CO2 avoided, filterable by week, month, year or all time, with a breakdown of the reasons behind the waste.

How is the CO2 figure calculated?

From EPA WARM data, shown as net figures and translated into everyday equivalents. The methodology page in the app spells out the calculation and states explicitly what is not being claimed.

Does it guilt-trip you?

No. The framing throughout is money saved rather than shame, and deleting an item never counts against your waste statistics, because deleting is not wasting.