Wellmira Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Toshinari Watanabe, hereinafter "the Company"), a healthtech company, will license its "Calomama Advice AI" to "Karasapo," a health service to be launched by Aeon Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "Aeon") and Aeon HealthTech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "Aeon HealthTech"), established as the operating company for this service, starting Thursday, July 16, 2026.
"Calomama Advice AI" is a solution service that offers health management and personal advisory functions embedded in the Company's AI health app "Calomama Plus." For this launch of "Karasapo," the following key features are being provided:
- AI-powered meal image recognition that automatically identifies approximately 150,000 dishes from food photos, along with a meal input function featuring predictive input
- Personal Health Record (PHR) (※1) logging functionality for exercise, sleep, and other health metrics
- A function that provides personalized dietary advice based on recorded PHR data
- A function that recommends personalized recipes from a database of approximately 350 recipes
(※1) PHR (Personal Health Record): Refers to data related to personal health and physical condition, including healthcare, medical, and nursing care information
About Karasapo, the health service provided by Aeon and Aeon HealthTech
"Karasapo" is a health service offered within Aeon's integrated app "iAEON," which has approximately 23 million members. The service will begin on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Starting in autumn 2026, the service will also become available within the "Welcia Group App," provided by Welcia Pharmacy Co., Ltd., a group company of Welcia Holdings Co., Ltd.
"Karasapo" supports daily health management through improved diet and increased physical activity. It offers free support for individual health improvement through features such as meal logging, health advice, and recommendations for over 350 recipes.
For more details about "Karasapo," please visit:
● Official Karasapo website: https://karasapo.aeon.com/index.html
● Reference press release: https://www.aeon.info/wp-content/uploads/news/pdf/2026/07/260715R_1.pdf
About "Calomama Advice AI" developed and provided by the Company
"Calomama Advice AI" is a service that packages key features from the health app "Calomama Plus"—which utilizes AI for meal image analysis, health advice, and meal planning—into a ready-to-deploy solution. By offering the healthcare knowledge accumulated by the Company to enterprises developing health services, it supports rapid service deployment and efficient development.
For "Karasapo," the following main functions are being provided:
- AI-powered meal image recognition that automatically identifies approximately 150,000 dishes from food photos, along with a meal input function featuring predictive input
- Personal Health Record (PHR) logging functionality for exercise, sleep, and other health metrics
- A function that provides personalized dietary advice based on recorded PHR data
- A function that recommends personalized recipes from a database of approximately 350 recipes
▲ Key features from the "Calomama Advice AI" solution lineup provided to "Karasapo"
By providing "Calomama Advice AI" to "Karasapo," the Company enables personalized advice and recommended recipes based on users' meal logs and health behaviors recorded in the service. This contributes to the development and implementation of services that support Aeon and Aeon HealthTech's vision of "a healthy and fulfilling life for every customer."
Background and future outlook for the provision of "Calomama Advice AI"
Aeon HealthTech, which provides "Karasapo," is a joint venture established by Aeon and Wellmira. This partnership represents an open innovation initiative, combining each company's business infrastructure, technology, and expertise to co-create new market value. By integrating Wellmira's advanced development and business creation capabilities in AI and digital health with Aeon's robust business foundation and customer network, the companies aim to create unprecedented value and establish new business models in the healthcare sector. Moving forward, Aeon and Aeon HealthTech plan to analyze service usage and purchase data—under customer consent and proper data governance—to enhance product recommendations, promotional strategies, and in-store health guidance. In the future, they also plan to explore collaborations with local governments, medical institutions, and research organizations to support lifestyle improvements and address regional health challenges.
Wellmira will continue to provide and collaborate with various app developers and service providers using "Calomama Advice AI," supporting the enhancement of more healthcare services and working toward its mission of "realizing a society where everyone in the world can naturally become healthy."
About the AI health app "Calomama Plus" https://calomama.com/
"Calomama Plus" is an AI-powered health app where the personal AI coach "Calomama" provides real-time, personalized health advice based on life logs such as diet, exercise, and sleep, health check results, and PHR data synced from wearable devices. It supports a wide range of health goals—from weight management and general wellness to lifestyle disease prevention and prenatal/postnatal care. By simply taking a photo of a meal, the app automatically analyzes calorie and nutritional balance, and through advice, suggests optimal ingredients and menu options, fully leveraging AI technology.
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- Source: PR TIMES
- Category: Partnership