FoodExpiry

2026

Home Food Inventory & Expiry Tracker

A full-stack MERN app that helps households manage their food inventory, automatically tracks expiry status, and sends consolidated email reminders before items go to waste. Includes a family-sharing system so multiple members can view and manage a shared inventory, plus a dashboard with real-time stats and charts.

Key Features

–JWT authentication stored in HTTP-only cookies, with bcrypt password hashing and protected API routes
–Full food CRUD (add/view/update/delete) with category, quantity, unit, storage location, notes, and image upload
–Backend-calculated expiry status (Fresh / Expiring Soon / Expired) that can never be spoofed from the client
–Family system — create a family, add/remove members by email, Owner and Member roles, and a combined shared inventory
–Automated daily email reminders (Nodemailer + Node Cron) that group each user's expiring foods into a single consolidated email
–Search, category/status filtering, and pagination across the food inventory
–Cloudinary-based image uploads for food items and profile pictures

Dashboard

–Summary cards for Total Foods, Expiring Soon, Expired, and Fresh counts
–Expiring Soon and Expired food lists showing the first 3 items with a 'View All' link
–Food by Category donut chart built with Recharts
–Expiry Overview donut chart breaking down Fresh / Expiring Soon / Expired
–Recently Added Foods panel showing the 3 most recently added items
–My Family panel with a quick view of family members and a link to the full family page
–All stats calculated dynamically from the live family-wide inventory, not hardcoded

Built With

React
Vite
Tailwind CSS
DaisyUI
Recharts
Node.js
Express.js
MongoDB
Mongoose
JWT
Multer
Cloudinary
Nodemailer
Cron

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