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Item Weight Predictor
A machine learning model that predicts the weight (in grams) of items based on their text description. Designed for food delivery platforms to estimate weights for:
- Menu items (restaurant food portions)
- Grocery items (packaged food from supermarkets)
- Non-food items (household goods, electronics, toys, etc.)
Model Architecture
The model uses per-item-type Ridge regression on TF-IDF features of text descriptions:
- Separate models trained for each item category (
menu_item,grocery,non_food) - Log-transformed target to handle wide weight range (grams to kilograms)
- TF-IDF with 1-3 gram features for robust text representation
Performance
| Item Type | MAE | MAPE | Training Samples | Validation Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery | 23.1g | 4.4% | 17,246 | 3,044 |
| Menu Item | 63.1g | 136.9% | 6,786 | 1,198 |
| Non-Food | 479.9g | 113.6% | 7,152 | 1,263 |
Grocery items perform best because most are standardized to ~100g servings. Menu items and non-food have higher variance but still useful for rough estimates.
Usage
import joblib
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
# Download and load model
model_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id="ZZandro/weight-predictor", filename="unified_predictor.pkl")
predictor = joblib.load(model_path)
# Predict weight
text = "[MENU_ITEM] grilled chicken breast | food | meal ingredient | portion"
weight_g = predictor.predict(text, item_type="menu_item")
print(f"Predicted weight: {weight_g:.1f}g")
Supported Item Types
menu_item- Restaurant menu items (e.g., "cheeseburger", "caesar salad")grocery- Packaged grocery products (e.g., "chocolate bar", "cereal box")non_food- General retail items (e.g., "laptop", "t-shirt", "toy car")
Text Format
Include the item type tag at the start:
[MENU_ITEM] <item description>
[GROCERY] <item description>
[NON_FOOD] <item description>
Data Sources
The training data combines:
- Amazon product data with shipping weights (non-food items)
- NutriBench meal descriptions with per-ingredient gram weights (menu items)
- USDA Foundation Food data with standard serving sizes (grocery items)
Dataset
The processed training dataset is available at: ZZandro/item-weight-dataset
License
Apache-2.0
Generated by ML Intern
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