Culturally adaptive diabetes care
Diabetes care that fits your kitchen.
Standard guidance was built around generic diets. We're building it for everyone else: jollof, biryani, plantain, daal and the meals in between.
- 2–4×
- higher Type 2 rates in Black African and South Asian UK communities
- 4.9M
- people with diabetes in the UK
- £10B+
- annual NHS diabetes spend
The problem
Most diabetes advice ignores how most people eat.
Type 2 diabetes hits Black African, South Asian and Caribbean communities hardest. Yet most digital health tools tell people to avoid the foods at the centre of their lives. The result is low engagement, poor adherence and communities shut out of their own care.
People are told what to cut, not how to keep what they love.
Who we serve
Built for communities too often left behind.
West & East African
Fufu, jollof, injera, plantain and egusi, mapped with preparation-specific GI data.
South Asian
Roti, daal, biryani and dosa. Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan.
Caribbean
Ackee, rice and peas, saltfish and breadfruit. No prior digital health representation.
Our solution
CADDE, the engine behind GlucoSteps.
GlucoSteps runs on CADDE, our Culturally Adaptive Dietary Decision Engine. A clinically grounded knowledge base of 194+ cultural foods across eight regions, mapped with glycaemic index, glycaemic load and nutrition data from peer-reviewed research.
Cultural foods, mapped properly
194+ foods across eight regions, each with peer-reviewed GI and GL data and cooking method variants.
Guidance that fits real meals
Personalised advice that works with familiar foods. Portion adjustments, preparation swaps and cultural equivalents.
Clinically grounded
Every entry is drawn from published research, confidence-scored and transparently sourced.
Built and pilot-ready
A mobile-first app with a clean interface, designed for real-world community use.
Where we are
Pilot underway nowPilot-ready, partnership-backed and growing.
- Year 2 NHS pathway and B2B integration.
- CADDE database built, audited and live, 194 foods.
- App prototype complete and functional.
- Partnerships secured with HIN and Teesside University.
Who we'd love to hear from
- Clinical pilot and referral partners
- Research and evidence collaborators
- Startup investors
Backed by trusted institutions
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