How to extract a recipe from a website
Recipe pages bury a thirty second recipe under adverts, autoplaying video, and a thousand words before the ingredients. Here are three ways to get just the ingredients and the steps.
Three ways to get just the recipe
- Paste the link - Copy the recipe page URL, paste it in the box above, and press Extract. This works on most recipe sites and on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook videos.
- Use the browser extension - For pages behind a login or a subscription, open the page as you normally would and click the extension. It reads the recipe out of the page you already have open.
- Photograph the page - For a cookbook or a magazine, take a photo and upload it. The page is read and turned into a recipe you can edit.
Why copying and pasting does not work well
Selecting a recipe by hand picks up advert text, leaves the amounts stuck to the wrong ingredients, and loses the step order. Extracting reads the page structure instead, so the ingredients stay split into amount, unit and name and the steps stay in sequence.
What you end up with
- The ingredients and the steps, and nothing else.
- A shopping list grouped by store aisle, shareable as a live link.
- Translation into 20+ languages with measurements converted.
- A recipe card you can print, edit, rate and keep.
Questions
Does this work on any recipe website?
Most of them. Over 10,000 sources are handled, including the large recipe sites and personal food blogs. When a page cannot be read you are told, rather than given a half-built recipe.
How do I get a recipe from a site that needs a subscription?
Use the browser extension. Log into the site the way you normally do, open the recipe, and click the extension. It reads the page from your own browser, so nothing is bypassed.
Is it free?
Yes. Extracting a recipe does not cost anything and does not require an account. An account adds saved collections, shopping lists and notes.
Can I extract a recipe from a photo or a cookbook page?
Yes. Upload a photo of the page and it is read into a recipe. Give the amounts a quick check, as photographed pages are harder to read than web pages.