KernBite

Legal Notice (Impressum)

Information pursuant to § 5 Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz (DDG, German Digital Services Act) and § 18 (2) Medienstaatsvertrag (MStV, German Interstate Media Treaty)

Provider

Jose Daniel Encarnacao
Schwetzinger Str. 16
68775 Ketsch
Germany

KernBite is a private project run on a voluntary basis with no intention of making a profit. The provider does not act as an entrepreneur within the meaning of § 14 BGB (German Civil Code).

Contact

General enquiries
kontakt@kernbite.de
Reporting legal infringements and rule violations
melden@kernbite.de
Notices from rights holders
rechte@kernbite.de
Security vulnerabilities and responsible disclosure
security@kernbite.de

Communication takes place via the e-mail addresses listed above. No telephone number is maintained, because the project is run on a voluntary basis alongside a main occupation. Enquiries are answered as soon as time allows.

Responsible for the content pursuant to § 18 (2) MStV

Jose Daniel Encarnacao
Schwetzinger Str. 16
68775 Ketsch
Germany

Mandatory information that does not apply

The following information required by § 5 DDG is omitted because its statutory preconditions are not met here. It is listed so that its absence can be understood.

  • VAT identification number and business identification number: no entrepreneur status, no liability for VAT.
  • Commercial, association, partnership or cooperative register with registration number: no entry.
  • Competent supervisory authority: the activity does not require official authorization. KernBite is not a medical device and provides no nutritional counselling.
  • Chamber, statutory professional title and professional regulations: not a regulated profession.
  • Authorized representatives and information on winding up or liquidation: applies only to legal persons.

Consumer dispute resolution

The provider is neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body (§ 36 VSBG, German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act). The European Commission's online dispute resolution platform was discontinued on 20 July 2025.

The respective provider alone is responsible for the content of external links. At the time of linking, no legal infringements were discernible.

Image credits and labelling of AI content

The recipe images in the app are AI-generated symbolic images, created with Google Gemini and Imagen. They carry the invisible SynthID watermark identifying them as AI content and are visibly labelled as symbolic images in the app. No real persons are depicted. This information is provided pursuant to Art. 50 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence.

Further legal texts

The privacy policy describes which data are processed. The Terms of Use govern the use of the service. Both texts are also available in the app.

This page last updated: 1. September 2026