Recipe Import Checker
Moving recipes out of Word documents or spreadsheets? Upload one file and see what Cucinovo's importer reads from it: each recipe, its ingredient lines with the quantity and unit it found, the method steps and every warning. No account needed.
Your file stays private. Files you upload to the free import preview tool are parsed in memory to show you the result and are not stored, logged or sent anywhere. The parsed result is returned only to your browser.
What the checker reads
Word (.docx)
Each recipe starts with its name followed by an “Ingredients” header. With Word heading styles, the next heading starts a new recipe once the one before it has an Ingredients or Method header; without them, a short title line followed by an “Ingredients” header does. Ingredient lines can be paragraphs, lists or table rows. Steps come after a “Method”, “Instructions” or “Directions” header, and a line such as “Serves 4” sets the yield.
OpenDocument (.odt)
Recipe cards with labelled fields such as Category or Portion, an ingredients table and a numbered method. Several cards in one document are read as separate recipes, and the photos on each card are counted.
Spreadsheets
Excel (.xlsx, .xls), .csv and .tsv files with one ingredient per row, a recipe name column and an ingredient name column, or costing sheets laid out as recipe blocks under column labels. Any other layout gets a list of the columns found, to match in the app.
What it cannot read
- Older Word .doc files. Save them as .docx first.
- PDF files, scans or photos of printed pages, and handwriting.
- Photos are counted on OpenDocument cards but never shown here.
- Paprika and Mealie exports and recipe web pages. The importer inside the app accepts those; this free tool does not.
What the app adds
This checker shows what a file holds. The import inside Cucinovo goes on to match each ingredient and category against the ones your kitchen already has, point out recipes that match ones you already saved, let you fix a quantity or unit before anything is saved, and match spreadsheet columns to recipe fields.
Recipe import FAQ
Is my recipe file stored anywhere?
No. Files you upload to the free import preview tool are parsed in memory to show you the result and are not stored, logged or sent anywhere. The parsed result is returned only to your browser.
Which file formats can I check?
Word documents (.docx), OpenDocument text (.odt) and spreadsheets (.xlsx, .xls, .csv, .tsv), up to 10MB per file. Older Word .doc files and PDFs cannot be read: open a .doc in Word and save it as .docx first.
Why does my spreadsheet say its columns need matching?
The checker reads a spreadsheet on its own when it has both a recognisable recipe name column (such as Recipe, Dish or Title) and an ingredient name column (such as Ingredient or Component), or when it is laid out as recipe blocks with column labels. Otherwise it lists the columns it found, and you match them to recipe fields in the import step inside the app.
Does the checker show the photos in my file?
No. For OpenDocument recipe cards it counts the photos it finds for each recipe, but it never displays them. Photos in Word documents are not read by the checker.
Can I check a Paprika or Mealie export, or a recipe web page?
Not with this free tool. The importer inside the app also accepts Paprika and Mealie exports and recipe page links, after you create an account.