Abstract: An illustrative aspect of the present disclosure is a system and method of generating a recipe, which includes determining rankings for a plurality of food ingredients for a target food product according to at least one of a health-based feature, a cost, or a prevalence of the plurality of food ingredients. A neural network can receive, as inputs, the rankings of the plurality of food ingredients, and a plurality of existing recipes for food products in a same category as the target food product. The neural network can generate, as output, according to the rankings of the plurality of food ingredients and the plurality of existing recipes, a new recipe for the target food product that incorporates a select food ingredient from the plurality of food ingredients.