Food Additives 2 12+

Check the safety of your food‪.‬

IGRASS PTY LTD

Designed for iPad

    • £2.99

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Description

Avoid food additives that are potentially dangerous or unsafe to your health & see which ones are considered safe. Take control of what you eat today.

► This application is perfect for those at risk, the health conscious, parents, vegetarians, vegans and/or people on religious based diets.

Food additives may have revolutionized the mass production of the food that we consume, but at what cost to your health? Fully searchable, this app lets you quickly & easily access the general information of 450+ food additives (no internet connection required!).

► Previous App Store Staff Favorite (USA)
► 4 Stars from MacLife
► iPhone, iPad, Mac (made for iPad) UNIVERSAL app support


Not all food additives are bad for your health, but a large percentage have been associated with a whole range of potential health risks & side effects, that include:

■ Allergies & skin reactions
■ Asthma & breathing difficulties
■ Baby & infant related risks
■ Digestive upsets
■ Eye damage & effects
■ Genetic DNA mutations
■ Gluten intolerance (Celiac disease)
■ Histamine inhibitors / freeing
■ Hyperactivity in children
■ Migraines & headaches
■ Tumors / carcinogens
■ Salicylate sensitivity (aspirin etc)
■ Vitamin deficiency and/or effects


- ADDITIVE DATA LISTED & SORTED BY:

■ Name
■ Number (International Numbering System)
■ Risk type (i.e. dangerous, unsafe, unknown or safe)
■ Symptom type (i.e. asthma, gluten, tumors, allergies, digestive etc)
■ Diet type (i.e. substance derived from animal, plant, insect, bacteria or fermentation, synthetic, mineral etc)
■ Fully instant search support


- ADDITIVE DETAILS SHOWN:

■ Additive number (e.g. E150b), additive name & other name they may go by
■ Substance origin (plant, synthetic, animal, mineral, fish, insect, bacteria, gas etc)
■ General use & function of the additive
■ Food industry classes & (coloring agent, preservative, emulsifier etc.)
■ Food products associated with the additive
■ Known & potential side effects relating to the additive
■ Maximum or adequate daily intake (ADI) of the additive
■ Dietary restrictions (helpful for vegetarian, vegan & religion based diets)
■ Countries unapproved for use as a food additive (currently Europe & Australian data)


- OTHER KEY FEATURES:

■ Full instant search functionality
■ Wikipedia integration for even more detail. Each additive conveniently embeds Wikipedia within the app (internet required for this functionality)
■ Color coded by risk (red=danger, orange=unsafe, unknown=blue, safe=green)
■ Icons for all symptom types (i.e. asthma, gluten, tumors, allergies, digestive etc)
■ Icons for all substance origin types (i.e. synthetic, mineral, fish animal based etc)
■ Flag icons for countries unapproved (Europe & Australia)
■ Fast, inbuilt database, so no internet required
■ Fancy layout, scrolling and 3D flip card between additive overview & details page

* PARTIAL multilingual language^ support inbuilt (labels, heading names etc. only. You can switch between English (native), French, German, Spanish, Italian (native), Dutch (native) & Japanese. Note: Languages that aren't native are software translated from native English

NOTE: Data is consolidated from a number of public / open sources, including; CAC (Codex), FDA, Government Food Standards agencies etc and is for general private and non-medical use only.

What’s New

Version 2.6.3

Now support the latest iOS, bug fixes and more

Ratings and Reviews

3.8 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

ionised ,

Could be improved with a search function, but very useful

As someone with a sensitivity to sulphites (sulfites) and who also has celiac disease so needs to know what additives are from gluten derived ingredients (i'm quite sensitive), I use this app a lot when out shopping and it really helps when I'm buying forign products (e.g. from the chinese food store) since they tend to list just the E-numbers and not the names of the ingredients, which I'm used to. Before finding this app I felt like I needed a permanent internet connection to look up what was safe to eat or not when out shopping, so this has really helped a lot. I used to either buy food i'd later discover I couldn't eat, or avoid foods that turned out to be safe, and always after agonising for ages, staring at the label and racking my memory. I'm sure I looked mad!

This is also useful for those moments when you're offered something but arn't sure if you can eat it or not. It's not the most elegent thing to say "i need to check first" but the app is still more discrete than asking someone to boot up their computer.

Please not this is limited to additives only so does not include things like soya sauce, etc and is not intended as a guide of safe ingredients for people with CD.

Jmtsull ,

Delighted that it now works on my iPhone 7 Plus

Thank you!!!! It’s finally been updated. I had to keep my old iPhone 4 handy to look up E numbers as the app is the best I’ve ever seen. Highly recommend it. If you have any interest in E numbers, if you have asthma, or any allergies this can really empower you to take control of your health.

Developer Response ,

UPDATE: Some good news... the 'Food Additives 2' app is back! Thank you for your patience & apologies we couldn't have released this sooner. We had to fully rewrite the app from scratch, which took several months to do. If you have the time, it would we’d be so gracefully for an updated review & rating. Thanks again & all the best! Kind Regards WebArtisan Apps

Benzig42 ,

Very informative

Worth the price. Full list suitable for health information, dietary needs and a link to Wikipedia for further information.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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