CAN EAT

Name

CAN EAT

Legal name

株式会社CAN EAT

Website

https://caneat.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Allergen Management Software

akta.pro primary industry

“Free-From” & Allergen-Free Claim Substantiation (e.g., gluten-free, peanut-free) (AFALAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Allergen Risk Assessment & Cross-Contact Analysis (AFALAOAC), Menu Planning, Nutrition & Dietary Accommodation Services (Allergens, Special Diets) (EDAEAEAD)

Keywords

• Food allergen management
• Dietary restriction platform
• Restaurant menu compliance
• Food tech consulting
• Allergy data software

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. B2C Platform (Consumer Food Preference Profile): Consumer-facing service allowing individuals to register dietary restrictions and food preferences, then share them with restaurants and friends. The user-facing app is described as free (α版) in the user terms. Revenue generation from this stream was not explicitly detailed in the provided materials.
2. Allergen Management Service (B2B SaaS): Restaurants and hotels pay to use the allergen management platform. Charges are per menu item / per inquiry processed. The store membership agreement references usage fees determined by the company, with success-based pricing for group reservations. Professional inquiry handling and expert visual verification of allergen information are included as part of paid service tiers (Starter, Professional, Enterprise).
3. Allergy Hearing System (B2B SaaS): Hotels, wedding venues, and event organizers pay subscription fees to distribute QR codes to guests, collect allergy and dietary restriction data centrally, and generate reports. Insurance coverage for allergy accidents is included as a service benefit. Three plan tiers exist (Light, Standard, Premium) with per-event or subscription pricing models.
4. New Business Development Consulting: CAN EAT provides consulting services to large enterprises for food tech new business development, leveraging accumulated food preference and taste data. An example engagement was conducted with Kagome for the Taste Preference Measurement Kit commercialization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CAN EAT operates a dual-sided food allergen and dietary restriction management platform. On the consumer side, a freemium smartphone/web app lets users register foods they cannot eat and share dietary profiles with restaurants and friends via QR code or URL. On the B2B side, the company sells the Allergen Management Service (OCR-based ingredient label scanning that auto-generates 28-item allergen tables for restaurant menus), the Allergy Hearing System (QR-code guest dietary collection for weddings, banquets, and school trips), and a New Business Development consulting practice leveraging accumulated dietary preference and AI taste data.

Product overview

CAN EAT operates a dual-sided platform consisting of a consumer-facing food preference profile app (CAN EAT) and a suite of B2B services for restaurant and event operators. The B2B offerings include the Allergen Management Service (for restaurants to auto-generate allergen tables from photographed ingredient labels), the Allergy Hearing System (for event organizers to collect guest dietary restrictions via QR code), and a New Business Development consulting service (leveraging accumulated dietary preference data and AI taste analysis). A consumer-facing taste preference measurement kit developed with Kagome is in the research phase. All B2B services are branded under the CAN EAT name and share common nutrition expert supervision and data infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CAN EAT Consumer Food Preference Platform A consumer-facing smartphone/web service that lets individuals register foods they cannot eat (allergies, intolerances, dislikes, religious restrictions) and share their dietary profile with restaurants and friends via QR code or URL. Supports allergy, vegetarian, halal, gluten-free, lactose-intolerant, pregnancy, and other dietary profiles. Free to use.
• Allergen Management Service (アレルギー管理サービス) A B2B restaurant-facing SaaS that lets staff photograph processed-food ingredient labels via smartphone; the system uses OCR to auto-generate allergen tables covering 28 allergen items in Excel and web-searchable formats, with 100+ language translation and expert verification of ambiguous ingredients.
• Allergy Hearing System (アレルギーヒアリングシステム) A B2B web service for wedding venues, hotels, banquet halls, and event organizers that distributes QR codes to guests, collects detailed allergy and dietary restriction information centrally, auto-suggests related allergens, and outputs summary lists for kitchen and planning staff. Includes attached insurance for allergy accidents.
• New Business Development Consulting (食事嗜好を活用した新規事業開発) A consulting service for large food and food-tech enterprises using accumulated consumer dietary preference and taste data, including new business development, dietary preference data utilization, and AI taste analysis for personalized food matching.
• Taste Preference Measurement Kit (味覚嗜好判定キット) An experimental tool co-developed with Kagome that uses salt-flavored popcorn samples and a proprietary algorithm to measure an individual's preferred taste intensity profile, used in taste research labs and restaurant personalization experiments.

Named customers13 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• カゴメ株式会社 (Kagome)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2020CAN EAT and Kagome entered a consulting and co-development partnership in 2020 to commercialize Kagome's Taste Preference Measurement Kit (味覚嗜好判定キット). CAN EAT provides food preference data infrastructure and consulting, while Kagome contributes food science research and product development capabilities. The partnership produced joint research (味覚研究ラボ) and a matchmaking event with IBJ's PARTy PARTy. Kagome's Innovation Development Lab New Business Development team led the engagement.
• NPO法人アレルギーっこパパの会 (Allergy KoKo Papa no Kai)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2020CAN EAT partnered with NPO法人アレルギーっこパパの会 to conduct a joint survey (July 2020) on food allergy management in schools and childcare facilities (131 responses). The NPO provides expertise and community access; CAN EAT provides the platform and data analysis. The partnership extends to content co-creation (interview columns) and industry advocacy.
• マイプリント株式会社 (MyPrint) — WPS IntegrationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2020CAN EAT's Allergy Hearing System integrates with MyPrint's Wedding Partner System (WPS). Venues using WPS can automatically sync guest dietary restriction data collected via CAN EAT into banquet seating charts, eliminating manual data transfer errors.
• PIEM株式会社 (PIEM) — ONE-W IntegrationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2020CAN EAT's Allergy Hearing System integrates with PIEM's ONE-W web invitation and seating management platform. The integration allows seamless guest dietary data collection within existing wedding planning digital workflows.
• 田ヶ原 絵里 (Eri Tagahara) — NPO RepresentativecoreOthers · 1 January 2019Eri Tagahara, CAN EAT CEO, also serves as representative director of NPO法人アレルギーっこパパの会, creating an organic knowledge-sharing and advocacy partnership between the two organizations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Toreta Inc. Japanese restaurant CRM and customer-data platform serving casual and chain dining operators. Comparable because it overlaps on restaurant-customer data workflows where CAN EAT's allergy/preference data could integrate or compete.
• TableCheck Inc. Restaurant reservation and table-management SaaS used by Japanese hospitality operators. Comparable as a restaurant-tech incumbent serving the same venue customers CAN EAT sells its Allergen Management Service into, with broader scope but no allergy specialization.
• HotPepper / Restaurant Booking (Recruit Co., Ltd.): Recruit's restaurant discovery and coupon platform, widely adopted by Japanese dining venues for promotion. Comparable as a dominant Japanese restaurant-marketing incumbent serving the same venue customers and shaping how restaurants invest in digital tooling.
• Gurunavi, Inc. Japan's largest restaurant search and information portal, supplying venue and menu information to consumers. Comparable as a broad Japanese food-discovery incumbent adjacent to CAN EAT's consumer food-preference and restaurant profiling motion.

Emerging players

• DELISH KITCHEN (EVERY, Inc.): Major recipe-video and food content platform in Japan with allergen/ingredient filtering on recipes. Comparable on the consumer dietary-discovery side, where CAN EAT competes for consumer attention around food choices and restrictions.

Direct peers

• Cookpad, Inc. Japan's largest recipe platform, allowing consumers to filter recipes by allergies and dietary restrictions. Comparable because it shares the consumer-facing food-discovery/dietary-filter use case that CAN EAT's B2C preference profile addresses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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