Pantoh FAQs

To get more information on the author of any recipe, simply click on the user icon above the recipe name. Doing so takes you directly to the author’s profile page, where you can follow or share the author’s profile.

Pantoh applies dietary and allergen badges to all of Pantoh’s recipes so that our users can make the best decisions regarding whether a recipe is suitable for them.

The badges here reflect the Dietary Preferences and Dietary Restrictions that Pantoh maintains in the system. For the latest set of options, please refer to the Pantoh app.

To access more information on whats included in Pantoh and detailed descriptions, click on the i icon.

In order for Pantoh to have a personalized understanding of our users, we developed the Pantoh Flavor Balance rating for users to rate every recipe based on 5 basic flavors: Salty, Spicy, Bitter, Sweet and Sour. The ratings go from 0 (not applicable) to 5 (strongest).

This system allows Pantoh to show a baseline based on community average for every recipe and with every recipe that you rate, we learn a little more about you. Our goal is to eventually be able to provide personalized customization recommendations that are truly personal to you.

Pantoh’s Personal Sous Chef aggregates ingredient and substitution information for the most common ingredients in the US. We work with registered dietitians to make sure the information we provide is sufficient and accurate to our users.

Circulation icons indicate that substitution information is available for the ingredient.

Warning icons shows up when ingredients are known allergens.

When you click on the ingredient, Pantoh shows respective information through the Personal Sous Chef overlay.

The Personal Sous Chef button below Ingredients shows the aggregated information for the entire recipe.

The Leave a Review function allows users to review recipes that they have made. You will have the opportunity to attach your own images, rate the recipe, add comments and adjust the Flavor Balance meters based on your experience.

This allows Pantoh to learn more about your flavor profiles and overtime, provide more personalized recommendations for you.

To share or bookmark a recipe, you can do so at the top of each recipe page.

Bookmark – Press the Bookmark icon to save a recipe for later. You can find all saved recipes in the Cookbook section.

Share – You can share any recipe you like with either Pantoh users or users outside the Pantoh community. To share with another Pantoh user, you can search the username in the dropdown. Otherwise, choose Share Link to get the direct link that you can share using the built-in functions of your mobile devices.

Add to Collection – Add to any of your existing collections or add a new collection.

Report – Use the Report feature to send Pantoh a note on any content you believe to be inappropriate or illegal.

Pantoh users can use Cookbook to organize all of their recipes, including ones that they create, import or customize and ones that they bookmark in Pantoh and ones that are shared with them.

There are 3 top folders in Cookbook.

My Recipes – All created or imported recipes by the user, including drafts.

Customizations – All customized recipes by the users can be found here.

Saved and Shared – All recipes that users have bookmarked or shared with others.

Cookbook is also the starting point to create any content in Pantoh. By clicking on the Plus icon in the lower right hand corner, you will have the options to create a recipe manually, import by URL, import by text or create collections.

My Collections tab shows all collections that users have created. This makes organizing your many recipes super easy.

This is where you can find all of the recipes or collections that had been shared with you on Pantoh.

There are 3 primary ways to add your recipes to Pantoh.

• Create Recipes Manually – This feature allows users to manually enter all of the information needed for the recipe.
• Import Recipes by URL – Using AI, Pantoh allows users to easily import recipes by providing the URLs to the recipe page. Please note that since AI processes every import as a new request, the result may be different from time to time depending on the website. 
• Import Recipes by Text – Using AI, Pantoh allows users to easily import recipes by providing the URLs to the recipe page. Please note that since AI processes every import as a new request, the result may be different from time to time depending on the website. 

Imported recipes may be subject to copyright protections. If you would like to share recipes broadly on Pantoh, please make sure that you are cleared from the rights perspective. If you are not the author of the recipes, consider using your own images and re-writing the description in your own voices.

No you don’t! While Pantoh makes new and imported recipes public by default, users always have the chance to make them private. There are 3 options for Pantoh recipes and collections.

• Public – public recipes or collections are visible to the Pantoh community and can come up in search results.
• Private – Private recipes and collections are visible to the author only. If you are the author, you can find your private content in Cookbook.
• Private with access provided to select Pantoh users – You can always choose to make recipes or collections available to select users but not the entire community. You can do so by using the “Share” feature on private recipes and collections and assign permission to users by their Pantoh user names. You can also share a private collection by deep links and use your smart phones to easily share links with your friends.

Yes, as the author, you are able to edit your own recipes.

For Public Recipes

Bring up the Settings menu by clicking on the 3 vertical dots on the upper right hans side of your recipes and choose “Edit.” Make the changes you need and select “Make Private” to save your changes. Select Publish again to make this recipe public.

For Private Recipes

Bring up the Settings menu by clicking on the 3 vertical dots on the upper right hans side of your recipes and choose “Edit.” Make the changes you need and select “Save” to save your changes or “Publish” to make recipe public.

When making changes to recipes, please make sure that the Tags are updated accordingly to make sure that the recipes reflect the correct diets and allergens.

Yes, with Pantoh, you can easily share recipes or collections with anyone.

Simply click on the 3 vertical dots on the upper right hand side of the content you wish to share and select Share. This brings up a prompt for you to share with any Pantoh users. You can also click on Share Link to share a direct link with anyone outside of Pantoh.

If the recipient does not already have Pantoh, they will have to download and register for Pantoh before they can view the content.

Easy! You will find the Customize button at the bottom of your screen on every recipe page. 

Once users click on the Customize button, Pantoh brings up the customization flow with the source recipe information already filled in.

How to Customize

We encourage that you use your own images for your recipe customizations and make sure that Cooking Time, Difficulty, Flavor Balance rating are updated accordingly. 

• Recipe Name and Description – Make sure these are updated to reflect your customization.
• Ingredients – Pantoh already pre-filled ingredients from the source recipe. Whether you are adding, subtracting or substituting ingredients to make these recipes yours, you can easily make the changes here on this page. 
• Method – Pantoh already pre-filled method from the source recipe. You can easily make the changes here on this page.
• Tags – We encourage you to update the Tag page to ensure dietary and allergens badges are accurate. This makes sure that your recipes can be easily discovered by other Pantoh users.

After the changes are saved, you will be asked for the reason to customize. This response helps Pantoh categorize your customizations in the Community Customizations section so that others can find it easily.

Yes, Pantoh makes it easy for you to see all of the changes in a customized recipe.

Customized recipes show an on-screen toggle “Toggle to see modifications from source recipe” under Ingredients and Method. By switching on the toggle, Pantoh automatically highlights the changes.

• + for ingredient additions.
• – for ingredient subtractions.
• The return symbol for ingredient replacements.

Pantoh makes it easy for you to find sources recipes versus customized recipes.

Source Recipes – if a recipe is the source, you will see only the Customization (x) button below the dietary badges. The X indicates the number of times this particular recipe has been customized on Pantoh.

Note: A recipe is considered a source recipe if it is created or imported by users in Pantoh. It doesn’t necessarily mean the recipe is an original. The recipe itself can be an adaptation that users have re-created or imported.

If a recipe is a customization, you will see two options: Source Recipe and Customizations (x). Source Recipe takes you to the source recipe and Customizations (x) takes you to the Community Customizations page.

Note: A recipe is a customized recipe, if it is created through the Customize function in Pantoh from another Pantoh recipe. A customized recipe itself can be customized from another customized recipe.

When you click on Customizations (x), you will be taken to the Community Customizations page. You can use the on-screen filters to quickly group customizations based on the reasons, such as flavor preferences or dietary.