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Nestle is using genetic testing to help customers in Japan supplement or improve their diet with the firms ' nutrient - boosted green teas and other products . Nestle 's increasingly popular $ 600-per - year subscription programme has consumers send photos of their meals through a smartphone in which AI analyses and chooses products to try to balance out their diet . Users may also have DNA and blood tests analysed to identify risks from certain conditions and to determine their current health . Kozo Takaoka , head of Nestle 's operations in Japan , said the programme helps consumers take supplements based on what they 're lacking .