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Trover is an application and a website for photo sharing.
Trover made an in-depth analysis of photos using Google’s Vision A.I. technology. This pre-trained machine learning model identifies various things in pictures, including emotions, writing, and different things, including many types of food and drink. The technology is capable of classifying these objects with a vast range of labels, such as ‘fried food,’ ‘Buffalo wings,’ ‘cocktail,’ and ‘mojito.’
For this analysis, all photos were uploaded to Trover from the United States through Google’s Vision A.I. to identify the types of food and drink a shot. It gave a broad listing of labels. Then this list of tags has classed into broad groups, such as ‘Italian food,’ ‘Fast food’ and ‘Alcohol.’ As there were various overall amounts of photos from each U.S. state, then estimated the predominance of each group in each state to generate an aggregate ranking for the group. The U.S. state, where the photos in a group had the most significant percentage of all food photos in the U.S. state, came top of the ranking.
The atlas of the most photographed food in each U.S. state you can see below.
Alcohol
Coloradans are the most enthusiastic drinkers. Approximately 13 percent of all photos uploaded in Colorado were classified as alcohol. California’s brewing scene helped it lead the way with the most photos of beer, followed by Washington. North Dakota was fourth in the country for alcohol photos – precisely in line with official statistics for alcohol consumption per capita.
Hawaii, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, and California all make the top ten. New York, on the other hand, is distinguished by its absence, down in 16th place behind Utah and Alaska.
Mac and cheese, fried chicken, pizza. This stuff might not always be good for you, but it sure is good. That’s probably why comfort food was the most photographed category overall. There were 12 U.S. states where comfort food was considered for more than 10 percent of all photographs analyzed, but Ohio topped the bill.
You might not think of hamburgers, French fries, and hot dogs as the most photogenic foods. But then again, there’s a decent chance you’ve snapped them yourself, mainly if you live in Ohio or Mississippi, where fast food accounted for 10 percent of all food photos.
California might be stereotypically health-conscious, but it didn’t even make the top ten for photos of salads, juices, fruit, vegetables, and other healthy foods. Kansas had the highest proportion of healthy food photos, accompanied by neighboring Nebraska.
A few U.S.states can stake their claim to be the home of Italian food in the United States. But Rhode Island came out on top, with the highest proportion of photos of Italian food. Rode Island reportedly has the highest percentage of Italian American residents of any state.
No prizes for guessing the U.S. state that topped this category, which includes Mexican food. New Mexico was number one, with Texas also making the top ten. In between, however, were a few surprises. Utah came out of leftfield to take second place, and Montana also made the top five.
The Eastern Seaboard rules when it comes to photos of fish and seafood. Maine, Delaware, Maryland, and Massachusetts topped the ranking, with Louisiana in fifth. It makes sense – the home of shrimp gumbo, oyster po’ boys, the crawfish boil, and blackened catfish was always going to feature. Meanwhile, landlocked North Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska are dropping out at the bottom of the ranking.
The tech identified a vast range of candy, desserts, and more from apple pie to zuccotto. On average sweet foods estimated for 6 percent of food photos analyzed in any given U.S. state, and an average of 10 percent for the top five states: North Dakota, Idaho, Alabama, Rhode Island, and Ohio.
1.North Dakota 2.Idaho 3.Alabama 4.Rhode Island 5.Ohio 6.Nevada 7.Hawaii 8.West Virginia 9.Washington D.C. 10.New Hampshire 11.New York 12.Oklahoma 13.Vermont 14.Oregon 15.Montana 16.Louisiana 17.Kentucky 18.Maine 19.Tennessee 20.Pennsylvania
Photos of vegetarian food are most prevalent in Iowa, where almost 8 percent of all images were classified as ‘vegetarian.’ It may come as a surprise that BBQ-loving Kansas came a close second. More predictably, Maine, which has among the most all-vegan restaurants per capita in the United States, was fourth.
1. Iowa 2. Kansas 3. Nebraska 4. Maine 5. Massachusetts 6. West Virginia 7. Wisconsin 8. Alaska 9. Hawaii 10. Connecticut 11. Idaho 12. Pennsylvania 13. North Carolina 14. Washington D.C. 15. New Jersey 16. California 17. Arizona 18. Montana 19. New York 20. Tennessee
