About
The desserts you love, repaired — not replaced
RecipeMend exists because diabetes-friendly dessert content online tends to fall into two camps: fear-mongering ("sugar is poison") or vague reassurance ("just use a natural sweetener!") with no actual numbers. Neither helps someone who wants to keep making the birthday cake they've always made.
Database v0.0.1, still a draft, updated 2026-07-21
In the repair
Every number should trace to a source.
What we believe, and what we're not
What we believe
Every number should trace to a source. Where the science is genuinely unsettled, or a value comes from a secondary source, we say so explicitly and give it a confidence level, rather than presenting a guess as settled fact. Where an ingredient isn't in our database yet, we say that too, instead of silently pretending it's safe.
What we're not
RecipeMend won't diagnose you, and it isn't a substitute for a clinician or registered dietitian. It also doesn't promise any sweetener is risk-free. It's a research and recipe-repair aid, the kind of tool we wanted before making dessert for a diabetic family member, back when every "diabetic-friendly" recipe site online just... assumed.
Where the database stands today
Database v0.1 is a draft, adversarially reviewed once already (2026-07-21, 11 corrections applied). It will grow.
See Sources for the full bibliography and the honest list of what's still unresolved.