These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of Thali, operated by Amelior Labs. By using Thali, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, do not use the app.

Thali is a calorie and nutrition tracking app designed for the South Asian diaspora. It provides a database of South Asian foods, AI-powered food photo identification, weight and water tracking, fasting mode support, and personalised calorie targets based on standard formulas.

Thali is not a licensed medical provider, dietitian, or nutrition therapy service. Nothing in the app constitutes medical or dietary advice.

You must provide a valid email address to create an account. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials. You must be at least 13 years old to use Thali.

Thali offers a free tier and a Premium subscription with the following plans:

• Monthly: $6.99 USD / month
• Annual: $34.99 USD / year

Subscriptions are processed by Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Plans renew automatically until cancelled. You can cancel at any time through your device's subscription settings.

Subscription refunds are handled according to App Store / Play Store policies.

The AI food scanning feature identifies food from photos using third-party vision models operated by OpenAI and by Google. Both are used in the ordinary course of the feature; which one handles a given scan depends on your account and usage. The following applies:

• AI identification is an estimate — it may be incorrect. Always verify the identified food and nutrition values before logging.
• Free users get a daily allowance of AI scans. The size of that allowance depends on your region, and where it is zero you can earn scans by watching a rewarded ad. Premium users get a larger daily allowance. Current limits are always shown in the app.
• Photos submitted for scanning are processed by our server and by the third-party provider handling that scan. They are not stored after processing.
• Do not submit photos of other people, minors, or any content that violates applicable law.

Some recipes let you record audio instead of typing — for example, describing out loud how a dish is made. Thali records only inside the app; there is no way to upload an audio file you already have.

Ownership. Recordings you make remain yours. By using this feature, you give Amelior Labs only the licence needed to store, transcribe, and play back your recordings within the app — nothing more.

Scope. Audio recorded in Thali must relate to food or cooking. Do not record for any other purpose, and do not record someone without their knowledge.

No public sharing. We do not make your recordings public or share them with other users, and we will not use a recording for anything beyond transcribing it and letting you play it back, without asking you first.

Takedown requests. If you appear in a recording someone else made and you want it removed, email support@ameliorlabs.ca. We will respond within 14 days.

Transcription accuracy is addressed in Nutrition Data & Sources below, alongside our other accuracy limitations.

Nutrition values shown in Thali are estimates for general informational purposes. They are not guaranteed measurements and must not be relied upon for medical, clinical, or therapeutic decisions.

Where our data comes from

Our sources, the method used to obtain each value, and what we do and do not verify are set out in full on the Data Sources & Accuracy page, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. In summary:

• Indian Nutrient Databank (INDB) — Indian composite dishes, rebuilt from the published dataset. Its ingredient values originate in the ICMR-NIN Indian Food Composition Tables 2017.
• McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — vitamin and mineral values. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• USDA FoodData Central (U.S. Department of Agriculture) — generic and whole foods, and prepared dishes. USDA-produced data are in the public domain.
• Open Food Facts — branded and packaged products. Used under the Open Database Licence (ODbL) v1.0; Open Food Facts contributors retain rights in that data. This is a collaborative database contributed by the public and is not independently verified by us.
• ICMR-NIN, Dietary Guidelines for Indians (2024) — used as a reference for South Asian serving sizes and as a validation set.
• Foods and recipes you create — stored as you enter them, not verified by us, and visible only to you.

Foods we cannot trace to one of these sources are not shown in the app.

How we convert portions

South Asian portions are commonly described by volume — a katori, a cup, a glass. When you log a volume, Thali converts it to weight using published density values derived from USDA measured portion weights, rather than applying a single fixed gram figure to every food. A katori is treated as 150 ml by default and may be adjusted by the user; a cup is treated as 200 ml, consistent with Indian convention.

Where a source database publishes its own serving weights, we use those instead of converting. Indian dishes drawn from the Indian Nutrient Databank carry that database's serving sizes, which follow its own conventions and may differ from the figures above.

This method has been cross-checked against the per-serving calorie figures published in the ICMR-NIN Dietary Guidelines for Indians (2024).

Why your results will still vary

• Recipes, cooking methods, and the amount of oil or ghee used differ widely between households and regions.
• Utensil sizes are not standardised — katori and cup sizes vary across regions and homes.
• Ingredient composition varies by crop, brand, batch, and season.
• Values for foods logged by photo, voice, or free-text entry are inferred and carry additional uncertainty.
• Voice transcription is best-effort and often imperfect, especially when a recording mixes multiple languages or has background kitchen noise. Check the transcribed text and identified foods before relying on them.

Allergens. Any allergen or ingredient information shown in Thali comes from the same sources and carries the same limits, but the consequences of an error are more serious. Thali is not an allergen-avoidance tool. If you have a food allergy or intolerance, check the product's own packaging every time. Do not rely on Thali to determine whether a food is safe for you to eat.

Thali is a general wellness and food-logging tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are pregnant, managing diabetes, kidney disease, an eating disorder, or any other condition affected by diet, consult a qualified healthcare professional before acting on anything shown in the app. Do not disregard professional medical advice because of information presented by Thali.

No warranty. Nutrition information in Thali is provided as is. We compile it in good faith and correct errors when we find them, but we make no warranty, express or implied, that any value is accurate, complete, current, or fit for any particular purpose, or that a food's entry matches the product in front of you. Source databases are revised and manufacturers reformulate; we may update or remove any entry at any time.

Do not rely on Thali anywhere an exact figure matters — dosing insulin or any other medication, managing a diagnosed condition, or avoiding an allergen. It is not built for those uses.

BMI, waist-to-height and risk bands. Thali shows a body mass index using the WHO/NICE cut-offs recommended for South Asian populations, and a waist-to-height ratio classified against the bands published in NICE guideline NG246. Two things follow from that, and both matter:

• A band is a general population reference, not a personal assessment. It is arithmetic on two numbers you typed. It does not account for your build, muscle mass, ancestry, medical history, medication, pregnancy, or anything else a clinician would weigh, and an athlete or a pregnant user can fall in a band that means nothing about their health.
• Where the app names a condition — for example that a raised waist-to-height ratio is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease — that is a summary of published population-level guidance. It is not a diagnosis, a prediction, or a statement about you, and it is not a reason to start, stop or change any treatment. Only a qualified professional who can examine you can do that.

Waist is measured by you, with a tape, at home. Self-measurement varies by a couple of centimetres on tape placement alone, which is a meaningful part of the width of a band, so a ratio near a boundary should not be read as precise. Providing a waist measurement is optional and nothing in Thali depends on it.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Amelior Labs Inc. accepts no liability for any health outcome, decision, or loss arising from reliance on nutrition data, calorie targets, BMI or waist-to-height figures and the bands they fall in, allergen or ingredient information, nutrient alerts, or other information displayed in the app.

We have attributed each dataset in the form its publisher asks for. If you hold rights in any material referenced in the app and consider an attribution incomplete or incorrect, or a use to fall outside its licence, write to support@ameliorlabs.ca and we will correct or remove it promptly.

You agree not to misuse Thali. You may not: reverse engineer the app, use automated scripts to interact with it, attempt to access other users' data, abuse the AI scanning feature, or use it for any unlawful purpose.

Your use of Thali is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

All content, design, and code in Thali is owned by Amelior Labs. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without our written permission. Your personal data remains yours.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Amelior Labs is not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of Thali. Our total liability to you for any claim does not exceed the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

We do not guarantee that Thali will always be available, error-free, or that your logged data will always be preserved.

You may stop using Thali and delete your account at any time from Settings → Delete Account. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of Ontario.

Questions about these Terms? Email support@ameliorlabs.ca or write to: Amelior Labs, Canada.