Yummly is an American

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and

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that provides users recipes via recommendations and a search engine. Yummly uses a

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to offer a semantic

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for

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and

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. In 2014, Yummly had 15 million active users in the US and launched international websites in the UK, Germany and The Netherlands. In May 2017, the company was acquired by appliance maker

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and allowed to operate as a subsidiary, keeping its current head office.

History

The company was founded by David Feller and Vadim Geshel in early 2009. Feller was previously with

Half.com Half.com was an e-commerce website and a subsidiary of eBay in which sellers offered items for sale at fixed prices. The items available on half.com were limited to books, textbooks, music, movies, video games, and video game consoles. Half prov ...

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and

StumbleUpon StumbleUpon was a discovery and advertisement engine (a form of web search engine) that pushed web content recommendations to its users. Its features allowed users to discover and rate Web pages, photos and videos that are personalized to their ...

. Yummly raised 7.8 million in

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and was backed by

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, Harrison Metal Capital,

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, and

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Ventures. The Yummly app was named "Best of 2014" in

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API

In March 2013, Yummly opened access to its

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to other companies as a paid service. The API allows searching for ingredients, cooking methods, and nutritional data.

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History

API

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