Munchii works because people post food they actually cooked. These guidelines keep it that way. They apply to recipes, photos, comments, usernames, bios and anything else you put in the app.
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1. The short version
Post real food. Credit your sources. Be decent to other cooks. Don't sell things, don't stir up hate, and don't put anyone at risk.
2. What belongs here
- Food you made. Your dinner, your bakes, your experiments — however imperfect they look.
- Recipes people can follow. Real quantities, real steps. "A bit of this" is fine if that's genuinely how you cook.
- Honest notes. What went wrong, what you'd change, what you substituted. That's the useful part.
- Adaptations, clearly labelled. "Adapted from my grandmother's ragù" or "inspired by a recipe in Ottolenghi Simple" is welcome.
- Kind, specific comments. Questions, tips and encouragement.
3. What doesn't
- Content that isn't food. Munchii is a cooking app; unrelated photos and text will be removed.
- Hate, harassment and threats. No attacks based on race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or age. No pile-ons, no targeted abuse, no doxxing.
- Sexual, violent or shocking material. Including gratuitous gore. Ordinary butchery and preparing whole fish or meat is fine and expected.
- Spam and self-promotion. No bulk posting, engagement farming, affiliate links, or accounts that exist to advertise a product or restaurant.
- Impersonation. Don't pose as another person, chef or brand.
- Stolen recipes and photos. See section 4.
- Dangerous advice. See section 5.
- Illegal content of any kind, and content involving minors in any unsafe way.
4. Credit and copyright
A list of ingredients generally isn't protected by copyright, but the way a recipe is written — the method text, headnotes and photographs — usually is. So:
- Write the method in your own words. Don't paste text from a book, blog or another app.
- Don't upload someone else's photograph as if it were your dish.
- Name your source when a recipe comes from one. It's good manners and it helps other cooks.
- Scanning is for recipes you have the right to use — your own notes, a cookbook you own, a card a friend gave you — and for your own use in the app. Publishing a scanned recipe verbatim to your public profile isn't allowed; rewrite the method first.
Rights holders can request a takedown at legal@munchii.app.
5. Food safety
Don't post methods that put people at real risk. That includes unsafe home preserving or canning instructions, raw or undercooked food presented without any caution, foraging advice that could lead someone to eat something toxic, and "recipes" involving non-food items. If a recipe carries an obvious allergen, say so.
Munchii is not a source of medical or nutritional advice, and recipes are not reviewed by us before they're published.
6. How we enforce this
Depending on how serious and how repeated a breach is, we may:
| Action | When |
|---|---|
| Remove the content | Most first-time, lower-severity breaches |
| Limit reach or hide from discovery | Borderline or repeatedly reported content |
| Warn the account | A pattern of minor breaches |
| Temporarily suspend | Repeat breaches after a warning |
| Permanently ban | Severe breaches — hate, threats, illegal content, or evading a suspension |
Serious safety issues get acted on immediately, without a warning first.
7. Reporting and appeals
Tap the ••• menu on any recipe, comment or profile and choose Report. You can also email support@munchii.app. Reports are confidential — the person you report isn't told who reported them. We aim to review within two business days.
If we act on your content and you think we got it wrong, reply to the notification or email us within 30 days and a different reviewer will take a second look.