How to save a recipe from TikTok

Copy the TikTok's link and paste it into Panwich. It reads the caption into ingredients and steps, keeps the cover as the photo, and gives you a recipe you can scale and shop for. Videos and photo posts both work.

What you need

  • 1TikTok with the recipe in its captionPanwich reads the caption. It does not listen to the video or read the words on screen in it.
  • 1Panwich accountA name, an email and a password. Free while Panwich is in its early days.
  • 1phone or computerPanwich opens in a browser. There is nothing to install.

Method

  1. Copy the link

    On the TikTok, tap Share and choose Copy link. The short link TikTok gives you, the one that starts vm.tiktok.com, works as it is.

  2. Paste it into Panwich

    In Panwich, press + and choose Paste a link. Paste the link and press Import recipe. If you saved that post before, Panwich says so and offers to open the one you have.

  3. Look it over and save

    Panwich opens what it read in its editor before anything is kept. Change a name, fix an amount, add a step, then save it.

  4. Cook from it

    Change the servings and every amount follows. Add to list puts the ingredients on your shopping list, and Cook step by step shows one step at a time with the timers it found in the method.

What it reads, and what it cannot

Panwich takes

  • The ingredients and steps in the caption, including captions that number their steps with emoji.
  • Captions that arrive as one long line. TikTok hands them over that way, and Panwich splits the line back into ingredients and steps.
  • Servings, times and macros when the caption states them, and estimates when it does not.
  • The cover as the recipe's photo.
  • Photo posts as well as videos.

It cannot read

  • A recipe that is only spoken in the video, or only shown as text on screen.
  • A recipe written in the comments.
  • A video that has been deleted or made private.

If it does not work

Panwich says it found no recipe
The caption does not have one. If the recipe is written somewhere you can see, take a screenshot of it and choose From a screenshot or photo.
The video has been taken down
There is nothing left for Panwich to read. If you still have the recipe in front of you, type it in with Write one out.
The amounts or the steps came out wrong
Fix them in the editor before you save. Nothing is kept until you do.

Questions

Do TikTok's short links work?
Yes. Panwich follows a vm.tiktok.com link to the post it leads to before reading it.
Does it work without the TikTok app?
Yes. A tiktok.com link copied from a browser works the same way.
Can I share from TikTok straight into Panwich?
On Android, yes, once Panwich is installed from Chrome. On an iPhone it takes a Shortcut that you set up once. The iPhone share sheet guide has the steps.
Is it free?
Yes. Free while Panwich is in its early days.

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