Syosset students craft an app that supports healthy eating

Health Syosset students craft an app that supports healthy eating By Vivian Rose … Comments Posted on November 10, 2026 Ivan Li and Victor Pan, seniors from Syosset High School, are planning to launch an app designed specifically to meet the needs of people on the go who want to start eating healthy. Provided by Ivan Li Two seniors from Syosset High School are planning to launch an app designed specifically to meet the needs of people on the go who want to start eating healthy. Ivan Li and Victor Pan are the co-founders of Nutrinity and said they were inspired to create the app two years ago while sitting in a Wendy’s, wondering how their chicken nuggets were affecting their health. “We both come from a fitness background,” Pan said. “I’ve been a competitive swimmer since second grade and he’s been doing a lot of cross country and track, as well as working out. We decided that we wanted to help this world in building this consumer app.” Pan said he and Li are partnering with chefs and food bloggers and providing their recipes on the app. He said users will be recommended certain recipes and the ingredients to make them based on how they personalize their account. He said similar apps are “reactionary” and that users get instant metrics on the food they eat, while Nutrinity will give users a meal plan based on their geolocation and how they “hyperpersonalize” their account, from fitness goals, body weight, height, age, “just everything,” Pan said. Li said that users can also personalize the amount of money to spend on ingredients for a meal, and can use a slider feature to pick their ideal budget. The app also allows users to choose a dietary restriction, including halal, vegan, vegetarian and kosher. “We are trying to be as diverse and open-minded for everyone, like literally everyone,” Pan said. “We want them to have the most healthy and fun experience imaginable.” The students said that trying to eat healthy can oftentimes feel like an isolating experience, and said they wanted to “gamify” eating right by integrating a community aspect into the app. Li said users can share what meals they make throughout a given week with other people who use the app, and said he hopes it becomes a platform for people to learn and grow together. “Once you’ve even downloaded our app, you’re part of this Nutrinity family,” Pan said. “That’s a huge thing that we’re trying to go into because … no matter what you’re eating, there are always people who have been in the same position as you and are willing to help you.” The app costs $39.99 a year for individual users, they said, but are looking into adding a family plan feature where pricing will be a percentage of that cost. The students said they hired overseas developers to help craft the app and said they will outsource other parts of the app’s development to artificial intelligence, saying it would be too costly if they had built the app from scratch. So far, the students have built a network of about 15 chefs and food bloggers interested in having their recipes shared on the app. Li said that as the two have continued their search for foodies and professionals in the industry, some have said they don’t like that Pan and Li are using AI in the development of their app. But the students say they want to differentiate their product from what they call “AI slop.” “A lot of these other app founders, the majority of them, are trying to sell you a course on how to get rich quick,” Pan said. “The thing that we want to emphasize is that we aren’t looking to make a billion-dollar business out of this. The whole reason why we started is because of our own problems and to stay healthy.” About the Author All comments are subject to our Community Guidelines . Schneps Media does not endorse the views shared by readers in our comment sections.