Deepinder Goyal announces ‘Healthy Mode’ on Zomato; app harnesses AI to rate dishes based on nutrients

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal took to X to address what he said was a long-standing concern about the platform’s impact on healthy eating. He announced the launch of a feature called Healthy Mode on Zomato, to help users make smarter food choices.

Taking to X, Goyal posted, “For years, there’s been something about Zomato that made me uneasy. We made eating out and ordering in easier than ever, but we never really helped people truly eat better.”

While users could find options such as salads or smoothie bowls, Goyal admitted, "Zomato didn’t make it easy” to find genuinely nourishing meals.


“Today, we’ve taken one of the biggest steps in fixing that blind spot. We’re launching Healthy Mode on Zomato,” he announced.


In this new mode, each dish gets a ‘Healthy Score’, ranging from ‘Low’ to ‘Super’. The score focuses on key nutritional inputs such as protein, complex carbohydrates, fibre, and micronutrients, rather than just counting calories. The ratings are generated using artificial intelligence (AI) and data provided by restaurants.

Currently live in Gurgaon, the feature will be rolled out more widely soon. “Try it, tear it apart, tell us where it fails. Because this is just the beginning—and for the first time, I feel we’re moving meaningfully closer to truly living up to our mission: better food for more people,” he said.

“This is personal for me. I’ve carried the guilt that Zomato made it easy to eat whatever you craved, but not easy to eat what your body needed. Healthy Mode is our first real step in putting that right,” he added.

He emphasised that this is not a beginner’s healthy mode but one even professional athletes can rely on to find suitable food options.

In a March interview with ET, Goyal addressed concerns about food delivery platforms making unhealthy food more accessible. He explained that frequent daily customers mostly live in big cities, where there are many healthy options, including homemade-style meals, and these customers tend to choose those healthier restaurants.

Meanwhile, less-frequent users, who order about three to four times a month, make up 70% of Zomato’s volume and are spread across the country. These users often treat themselves to indulgent meals such as butter chicken with butter naan, but only once in a while.

“India hasn’t reached the point where people order food every day on average, so we aren’t causing health problems nationwide,” he claimed.

“Ultimately, customers must make their own choices. Our role is to ensure those choices are available when they want them,” he added.