About us

We make nutrition effortless.

We've watched food logging apps fail for years — 88% abandonment in the first week. We've seen marketing labels like "fresh" and "natural" mislead well-intentioned people. And we've felt the frustration of trying to make healthy choices when nutrition data is scattered across a thousand websites.

So we're building something different. Tools that meet people where they are — whether that's a dietitian coaching GLP-1 patients or someone grabbing lunch at Chipotle. Real data, no judgment, just easier choices.

What We Believe

Make it effortless

Healthy choices shouldn't require willpower or research. We build tools that make good decisions the easy default.

Be honest

No diet-culture guilt. No misleading labels. Just accurate, research-backed data that helps people make informed choices.

Serve everyone

Healthcare pros and hungry commuters alike. We build infrastructure for partners and apps for everyone.

What We're Building

Team

Lucas Czekaj

Lucas Czekaj

Founder & CEO

Lucas is building Peppermint to make nutrition effortless — turning real-world food data into smart, actionable signals for healthier and longer lives.

Before Peppermint, he architected and led Fresh Funds at Instacart — the backbone of Instacart Health — supporting programs with Kaiser Permanente and Michelle Obama's Partnership for a Healthier America. He is a named inventor on 8 patents for AI-driven recommendations and has shipped work across checkout, order feedback, notifications, and health.

With nearly twenty years in product and platform roles, Lucas brings fast, grounded judgment at the intersection of engineering and product, operating as a hands-on CTO-type founder.

Looking for a co-founder

We're searching for a product-leaning or non-technical partner who cares about effortless nutrition and wants to own the story, relationships, and go-to-market alongside a deeply technical founder.

Ideal background includes:

  • Launching or growing digital health, wellness, or coaching products
  • Owning product, sales/marketing, or ops at an early-stage startup
  • Turning customer conversations into positioning and GTM plans