“…Recently, image recognition implements great growth in many fields [Li, Qin, Xiang et al (2018); Pouyanfar and Chen (2016); Chen, Zhu, Lin et al (2013); Liu, Wang, Liu et al (2017)], such as remote sensing, digital telecommunications, medical imaging, and so on. A variety of work have shown that deep learning and machine learning technologies can be exploited to retrieve food images intelligently [Chen, Xu, Xiao et al (2017); Pan, Pouyanfar, Chen et al (2017); Yanai and Kawano (2015); Joutou and Yanai (2009)]. While most food recognition methods concentrate on diet [Joutou and Yanai (2009); Hoashi, Joutou and Yanai (2010); Kagaya, Aizawa and Ogawa (2014)], and food datasets are mainly made up of food meal images.…”