How to import a recipe from TikTok

What you need

• Tableful on iPhone
• The link to a single public TikTok post
• About twenty seconds

Step by step

1. Copy the link in TikTok

Tap the arrow on the post, then Copy link. The link you want looks like tiktok.com/@creator/video/7123..., pointing at one video. A profile link points at the whole account, and there is no single recipe in an account.

2. Open Paste a link in Tableful

On the Today tab, tap Paste a link. Tableful also offers to import a link the moment you switch back to the app with one on your clipboard, so most of the time the field is already filled in.

3. Import it

Tableful reads the post’s caption, separates the ingredients from the method, splits the method into one action per step, and estimates calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat and fibre per serving.

4. Check the ingredients against the video

Captions get shortened. If the creator said “a good glug of olive oil” and wrote nothing, add the line yourself. Every ingredient, quantity and step stays editable after import.

5. Set the servings

Change the serving count to what you actually cook for. Nutrition per serving and the quantities that reach your grocery list both follow it.

6. Save it

The video stays attached to the recipe, so while you are cooking you can replay the ten seconds where the creator folds the dough.

When it does not work

• The recipe is in a pinned comment. No app can read comments on your behalf. Screenshot the comment and use Photograph a page, which reads the text in the picture.
• The method is only spoken. Screenshot the on-screen text if there is any, or type the steps in yourself and keep the imported ingredients.
• The post is private or deleted. There is nothing at the link to read, and Tableful will say so rather than invent a recipe.
• The post is a teaser for a blog. Import the blog link instead. A recipe page usually publishes proper recipe markup, which reads more accurately than any caption.
• The post holds several recipes. Tableful refuses those rather than merging them, because a merged ingredient list is not something you can cook. Screenshot the one you want.

Questions people ask

Do I need to connect my TikTok account?

No. Tableful reads the public post at the link you pasted and nothing else. There is no login and no access to your feed, your follows or your likes.

Does importing use one of my AI uses?

Yes, one. The free plan includes 30 AI uses a month and Tableful Plus includes 400. Editing the recipe afterwards, planning it, adding it to groceries and cooking it are all free and unlimited.

Can Tableful import a TikTok recipe without the video?

The video is attached for convenience, not stored as a copy. The recipe works on its own if the post later disappears.

Related guides

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Save a recipe from a YouTube video: the recipe is in the description, not the video.

Scan a cookbook page: the route that also handles screenshots of comments.

Calculate the calories in a recipe: what the per-serving numbers mean.

Tableful vs ReciMe: the other app people use for social recipes, and what happens after the save.

Reviewed September 2026. Tableful can only read content it can reach: private, deleted, region-restricted or paywalled posts may not be readable. Nutrition figures are estimates for meal decisions, not medical advice.