Scenario 4: A User with Celiac Disease Shares a Gluten‐Free Recipe

Requirement Scenario: Adding New Dietary-Specific Food Item and Recipe

Actor

Registered User: Elif (A consumer with celiac disease)

User Persona

• Name: Elif
• Situation: Elif has celiac disease and must follow a strictly gluten-free diet. She enjoys creating simple recipes and has discovered a new type of gluten-free flour not yet listed in the platform.
• Goal: Elif wants to add the newly discovered gluten-free flour to the platform's database, use it in a flatbread recipe, and incorporate that recipe into her weekly meal plan.

Preconditions

1. Elif is logged into the Affordable & Healthy Eating Hub platform.
2. Her profile has "celiac" listed under dietary restrictions. (Requirement 1.2.1)
3. The platform's Food Database does not currently include the specific gluten-free flour she discovered.

Main Flow

1. Elif searches the Food Database for the specific gluten-free flour.
2. Finding no match, Elif proposes a new food item to be added to the database. (Requirement 1.1.2)
3. The system calculates a nutrition score for the new flour based on its nutritional profile. (Requirement 1.1.3)
4. The system tags the flour as suitable for the "celiac" dietary option. (Requirement 1.1.4)
5. Elif creates a new recipe called "Gluten-Free Flatbread". (Requirement 1.3.1)
6. Elif lists all ingredients including her newly added gluten-free flour. (Requirement 1.3.1)
7. Elif links each ingredient to its entry in the Food Database. (Requirement 1.3.2)
8. Elif adds detailed step-by-step instructions for preparing the flatbread. (Requirement 1.3.3)
9. The system displays cost estimates for the recipe ingredients based on local market listings. (Requirement 1.3.4, 1.3.5)
10. Elif posts the recipe to the forum with appropriate tags including "Recipe" and "Gluten-Free". (Requirement 1.4.1, 1.4.2)
11. Elif opens the meal planner to create her weekly plan. (Requirement 1.5.3)
12. Elif adds her new Gluten-Free Flatbread recipe to her weekly meal plan. (Requirement 1.5.4)

Outcome

• The new gluten-free flour is now available in the Food Database with an appropriate nutrition score.
• Elif's Gluten-Free Flatbread recipe is published in the forum with complete nutritional information.
• The recipe is tagged appropriately to be discoverable by other users with celiac disease.
• Elif has successfully incorporated the recipe into her weekly meal plan.
• Other users with celiac disease can now benefit from Elif's contribution to both the Food Database and recipe collection.

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