Culturally adaptive diabetes care
Diabetes care that fits your kitchen.
Standard guidance was built around generic diets. We're building it for everyone else — jollof, biryani, plantain, daal and the meals in between.
- 2–4×
- Higher T2D rates in Black African & South Asian UK communities
- 4.9M
- People with diabetes in the UK
- £10B+
- Annual NHS diabetes spend
The problem
Most diabetes advice ignores how most people eat.
Jollof, biryani, plantain, egusi, injera — daily meals for millions in the UK, missing from mainstream nutrition databases. People are told what to cut, not how to keep what they love.
- Generic advice built around Western diets.
- Cultural meals missing from mainstream apps.
- 2–4× higher T2D rates in Black African and South Asian UK communities.
How it works
Describe your meal. Get guidance that respects it.
CADDE — our Culturally Adaptive Dietary Decision Engine — reads ingredients, cooking methods and portion norms in cultural context. No generic swaps.
- 01
Describe your meal
Type it, photograph it, or pick from a cultural recipe library.
- 02
CADDE interprets it
Ingredients, portions and glycaemic impact for that exact dish.
- 03
Get practical guidance
Suggestions that keep flavour and tradition intact.
Built with community
Built with communities, not just for them.
Early testers and community contributors decide which dishes we recognise first, which adaptations work in real kitchens, and which language earns trust.
Co-designed with South Asian, African and Caribbean UK communities.
Built around prescribability and CORE20PLUS5 health-equity goals.
Be one of the first to shape GlucoSteps.
Recruiting early testers, community contributors and clinical collaborators. 30 seconds to add your name. We'll reply personally.