Best food waste tracker for startups

There are roughly 8-15 tools that explicitly market themselves as food waste trackers, but most are either enterprise-grade (too expensive for early-stage startups) or too generic (built for restaurants, not food producers or meal-prep businesses). The common failure is that existing solutions require manual logging, lack real-time insights, and don't integrate with existing POS or inventory systems that startups already use. The actual gap sits in the mid-market: startups with 5-50 employees who need lightweight, AI-assisted tracking that flags waste patterns without adding labor. A new entrant should focus on (1) one-click logging via photo recognition or IoT sensors, (2) automated waste reports tied to specific products or batch numbers, and (3) direct integrations with Shopify, Square, or Toast. Startups will pay $200-500/month for tools that directly improve unit economics; they won't pay for generic sustainability theater.