Open Food Facts - Product Scan

Name: Open Food Facts - Product Scan
Rating: 4.3 (114 reviews)
Author: Open Food Facts

Food, Cosmetics & much more

Free · Designed for iPad

114 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Open Food Facts
Language

EN
+ 122 More
Size

81.3
MB

News: We invented the collaborative scanning app in 2012. As we turn 10, we’re reinventing it from the ground up! This app lets you find food that's good for you and good for the planet by scanning their barcodes. You will get personalised health & eco-impact info for 3,5M foods. Set your food preferences without ruining your privacy A scan that truly matches who you are Green: the product matches your criteria Red: there is a problem Gray: Help us answer you by photographing the products Compare in a few seconds those 3 different tomato sauces left on the shelf. Get a tailored comparison of any food category Food criteria you can pick Environment Health Additives & Ultra processed foods Salt Allergens Nutri-Score Eco-Score Scan, find & compare more than 3,5 million food products Choose products that are good for you - The Nutri-Score grade, from A to E : Nutritional quality - The NOVA group, from 1 to 4 : Avoid ultra-processed foods (Group 4) Choose products that are good the planet - Food causes over 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions - The Eco-Score grade, from A to E : a synthesis of 16 environmental impacts Contribute to Food Transparency - Open Food Facts is made by everyone, for everyone! - In short, we're "the Wikipedia of food", as the press nicknamed the project. Open Food Facts has also enabled the creation of over 150+ apps like Date Limite, Yuka or FoodVisor. - Use it to make better food choices - The app is also collaborative. If the product is missing, contribute pictures and data to get the Nutri-Score, food processing level (NOVA) and Eco-Score. - Make a difference today by photographing a product from your kitchen. - Open Food Facts is a non-profit project made by thousands of volunteers from around the world. Why don't you join us ? Decipher food labels We decipher products labels for you. You'll find: - Nutrition: The Nutriscore (nutritional score), nutrients, fat, transfat, carbohydrates, sugars, fiber, protein, salt & sodium. - Environment: The Ecoscore (including carbon footprint (CO2 emissions), packaging (as well as recycling instructions), environmental labels (organic, quality etc.), and origins of ingredients) - Other: brands, allergens, labels (bio, gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, halal, kosher...), traceability information (packaging codes, origins, food factories) - On wines and beers, you'll find the alcohol content. - We collect prices to document shrinkflation, inflation and more Our grades are science-based, and Open Food Facts is helping science! - We don't make up things. We rely on peer-reviewed science. - The Nutri-Score has been created by the independent French team led by Professor Hercberg. - The NOVA groups on food processing have been designed by the international team of Professor Monteiro. - The additives synthesis is based on reviews by EFSA on exposure levels on food additives. - The Eco-Score is based on ground breaking data by ADEME, the French environmental agency, adapted for the world. - The Open Food Facts community is collaborating with research teams across the planet for research that benefits all. Your food, your data. Privacy-friendly app. - You can use the app anonymously - Your food data is yours, and is never sent online Set up allergen alerts on products - Do you have a Milk, Gluten, Eggs, Soybeans, Nuts, Fish, Celery, Mustard, Sulphites, Peanuts, Sesame seeds, Crustaceans, Molluscs or Lupin allergy ? - Speed up your shopping with an initial screening with Open Food Facts. - Be careful that the info and the detection may not be 100% accurate. Always double check by yourself, with the packaging. More Web version: https://world.openfoodfacts.org Questions, feedback : mobile@openfoodfacts.org Works with cosmetics, pet food and more Lets you collect prices

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

114 Ratings

Wonderful but could easily be 5
05/27/2023

Jim in SDCA
I’m so impressed by the developers who created an open source food database that’s free. It has amazing data in it. However, it needs some polishing. Ceating an account is unnecessarily glitchy. You can’t get an ampersand for the email address because it gives a phone keyboard for the account ID. I found a workaround by using the microphone feature of your phone. Then it gave me a regular keyboard for some reason. Small things like that should be easy to fix. Then I would not hesitate to change my rating from 4 to 5. I guess it might be difficult to test the fix since one only registers once.
Wonderful but could easily be 5
05/27/2023

Jim in SDCA

I’m so impressed by the developers who created an open source food database that’s free. It has amazing data in it. However, it needs some polishing. Ceating an account is unnecessarily glitchy. You can’t get an ampersand for the email address because it gives a phone keyboard for the account ID. I found a workaround by using the microphone feature of your phone. Then it gave me a regular keyboard for some reason. Small things like that should be easy to fix. Then I would not hesitate to change my rating from 4 to 5. I guess it might be difficult to test the fix since one only registers once.
Amazing resource, Easy to use app
01/28/2024

jreviewonappstore
After reading the book “Ultra Processed People” by Chris van Tulleken I was on a hunt to identify where to find info on what’s Nova 4 or not, and this app made it way easier than I thought would be available. It’s quick to scan and tell you what matches your mandatory categories and even when the product is not in the database, it’s quick to take a pic and have the app transcribe it and categorize it for you! The nutritional information is a bit more manual to enter, so if you’re using the app for that purpose it wouldn’t be as nice of a solution, and some improvements could be made, but for a crowdsourced resource, it’s exceptional.The main downside is I look like a bit of a crazy person scanning everything at the store!
Amazing resource, Easy to use app
01/28/2024

jreviewonappstore

After reading the book “Ultra Processed People” by Chris van Tulleken I was on a hunt to identify where to find info on what’s Nova 4 or not, and this app made it way easier than I thought would be available. It’s quick to scan and tell you what matches your mandatory categories and even when the product is not in the database, it’s quick to take a pic and have the app transcribe it and categorize it for you! The nutritional information is a bit more manual to enter, so if you’re using the app for that purpose it wouldn’t be as nice of a solution, and some improvements could be made, but for a crowdsourced resource, it’s exceptional.The main downside is I look like a bit of a crazy person scanning everything at the store!
Better than Yuka & Fig
Jan 15

Bowieosis
OpenFoodFacts is free and community built. Fig makes you pay to scan food products, which as someone who has food allergies I think is ludicrous. OpenFoodFacts has worldwide information and details on more products than Yuka. My only complaint is that the app version for OpenFoodFacts is a bit slow, so I prefer the website version. This app seems really promising and I'm excited to help add to the food database.
Better than Yuka & Fig
Jan 15

Bowieosis

OpenFoodFacts is free and community built. Fig makes you pay to scan food products, which as someone who has food allergies I think is ludicrous. OpenFoodFacts has worldwide information and details on more products than Yuka. My only complaint is that the app version for OpenFoodFacts is a bit slow, so I prefer the website version. This app seems really promising and I'm excited to help add to the food database.
Finally a convenient way to avoid ultra processed foods
11/20/2023

hkeziah
The database of foods is much larger than I expected. I knew we consumed more ultra processed foods than we should but some of the foods I thought were healthy were actually ultra processed.This is a great app and look forward to it continued success.
Finally a convenient way to avoid ultra processed foods
11/20/2023

hkeziah

The database of foods is much larger than I expected. I knew we consumed more ultra processed foods than we should but some of the foods I thought were healthy were actually ultra processed.This is a great app and look forward to it continued success.

- Trace Editing: You can now edit traces from the app. - New Folksonomy Engine button in the navbar. - New shortcut for the community calendar – stay in the loop! - Open Prices: Bulk Price proof upload, New shortcuts to experimental features + Infinite scrolling - Robotoff Questions are now part of product edition, making it easier to contribute valuable insights. - New Food icons on the product page.

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May 31

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