Peppermill
Peppermill lets you scan recipes from photos, screenshots, and documents and turn them into clean, usable recipes. No retyping. Just upload and start cooking.
OCR stands for optical character recognition. It's the technology that reads text from images.
Peppermill uses OCR designed specifically for recipes, so ingredients, quantities, and steps are structured correctly instead of appearing as a block of text.
Peppermill works with many types of recipe sources:
If the recipe text is readable, Peppermill can usually convert it.
Once scanned, your recipe becomes a full Peppermill recipe. You can:
Peppermill doesn't just scan recipes for storage. Recipes are formatted so they're easy to cook from, especially on a phone or tablet in the kitchen.
Cooking mode keeps steps clear and your screen awake while you cook.
Better input gives better results.
If your recipe is already online, you can paste the link into the recipe cleaner to remove ads and save just the recipe.
Clean a recipe linkPeppermill can scan photos (JPG, PNG), screenshots, PDFs, and Word documents. If the recipe text is readable, it can usually be converted.
Yes. Peppermill can read handwritten recipe cards as long as the handwriting is reasonably clear. Good lighting and focus help.
The scanned recipe becomes a full Peppermill recipe. You can edit it, cook from it using cooking mode, calculate nutrition, and add it to meal plans.
Use good lighting, keep the page flat, make sure text is in focus, and capture the full recipe including all ingredients and steps.
Upload a photo or document and start cooking in seconds.