| Recipes for Kids app | By Endless |
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Features
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| Country of origin | India |
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| Security and privacy | Does the app:
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| Cost | Free; paid monthly or annual fee (print and PDF recipes, more recipes and videos) |
| Advertisements | This app contains ads, which may vary from user to user. Premium does not contain ads. |
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Recipes for Kids app
Recipes for Kids app
- This app is most useful for parents who have the ability to either amend the recipes to make more nutritionally balanced, or can screen the content and only select recipes that are nutritionally balanced and cooked using healthy methods.
Recipes for Kids app is a recipe library. There are videos of some recipes, and the ability to flag recipes which are favourites, alongside a lot of advertisements. In addition, it has the ability to record a shopping list and search for recipes based on ingredients.
For the complete app description, go to Google Play(external link) or, for a more detailed review, see reviews below.
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✔ Login allows for contribution to recipe database. ✔ Login allows for participation in online chef community. ✔ You can search recipes based on ingredients. ✔ Has videos of some recipes. |
✘ Recipes are not screened to determine if they are “healthy” and most are not nutritionally balanced. ✘ Excessive advertisements on free version. ✘ Written recipe structure is hard to follow. |
Clinical review
Reviewer: Frances Arenhold, Registered Dietitian
Date of review: 21 September 2023
Platform: Android
Version: 32.2.0
Comments: This app should not be used to source healthy, nutritional balanced, everyday recipes for children.
Safety concerns: The app has the potential to misguide users on what nutritional balanced and healthy meals for children are.
New Zealand relevance: No, most of the recipes are from overseas.
Concerns: The app has the potential to misguide users on what nutritional balanced and healthy meals for children are.
Clinical review
Reviewer:Frances Arenhold, Registered Dietitian
Date of review: 17 February 2023
Platform: Android
Version: 31.0.5
Comments: This app should not be used to source healthy, nutritional balanced, everyday recipes for children.
Safety concerns: The app has the potential to misguide users on what nutritional balanced and healthy meals for children are.
New Zealand relevance: No, most of the recipes are from overseas.
Concerns: The app has the potential to misguide users on what nutritional balanced and healthy meals for children are.
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