Tallow: Seed Oil Food Scanner
Ingredient & Additive Checker
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Scan a barcode. See every seed oil, dye, and additive hiding in your food — and get one 0–100 score that shows you its own math.
Tallow is a real food scanner for people who actually read labels. Point your camera at any grocery product and Tallow breaks it down in seconds: every ingredient rated and explained in plain English, ultra-processing flagged, packaging graded, and a straight thumbs up or thumbs down against the standards you set.
WHY THIS SCORE — NO BLACK BOX
Every product starts at 100 and loses points for what's actually in it. Tap "Why this score" and every deduction is right there, line by line:
• Harmful ingredients: −40, −10, or −3 each, depending on severity and position on the label
• Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): −10 · Processed (NOVA 3): −5
• Risky packaging (plastic and risky food contact): up to −8
• Certified organic: +5
No paid placements. No brand can buy a better grade. And when there isn't enough data to judge a product, Tallow says "unrated" instead of faking a clean 100.
LAB-TESTED CONTAMINANTS
Select products carry independent lab results for heavy metals, PFAS, and other contaminants that never show up on an ingredient list. When a product's been tested, you'll see the confirmed findings and the exact limits they're measured against.
YOUR STANDARDS — A VERDICT, NOT JUST A NUMBER
Tell Tallow what you refuse: seed oils, artificial ingredients, ultra-processed, high sugar, high carbs, risky packaging. Every product you scan gets a plain thumbs up or thumbs down against your list — and shows you exactly which check failed and why.
EVERY SEED OIL, BY NAME
Canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, rice bran — plus the label tricks that hide them: "vegetable oil," "plant-based oil," salad oil, shortening, margarine, hydrogenated and interesterified oils. Called out by name, every time.
INGREDIENTS, EXPLAINED
Tap any ingredient to find out what it actually is, why it's rated the way it is, and whether it's worth avoiding.
HEALTHIER SWAPS
Flagged product? Tallow surfaces a better-scoring alternative from the same shelf, so you're not left standing in the aisle with nothing to buy.
PANTRY SCORE & STREAKS
Save what you scan, build a scanning streak, and earn badges as your habits improve — one number tells you how clean your kitchen actually is.
KID-SAFE MODE
Toggle it on and Tallow grades harder: harmful ingredients, ultra-processing, and risky packaging all count 1.5×. Built for parents reading labels for their kids.
SEED OIL FREE RESTAURANTS
A community-rated map of restaurants across the U.S., scored on seed oil use, additives, and plastic contact. Rate the places you know and help the map grow.
BUILT FOR
• Seed-oil-aware shoppers
• Parents reading labels for their kids
• Carnivore, ancestral, paleo, and animal-based eaters
FREE AND PREMIUM
Scanning is free and unlimited — the score, your standards verdict, saved products, pantry score, profiles, and the restaurant map all cost nothing.
Tallow Premium unlocks:
• The full ingredient list, each one rated and explained
• The line-by-line "Why this score" breakdown
• Healthier Swaps
• Nutrition facts
• Product search and category browsing across the whole database
Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel in iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Restore Purchases is available on the paywall screen.
AI DISCLOSURE
Some ingredient ratings are generated by an AI system constrained to a published rubric. Essential vitamins and minerals are never penalized.
Terms (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tallow Terms: https://tallow.app/terms
Privacy: https://tallow.app/privacy
For educational and informational purposes only. Not medical, dietary, or nutritional advice. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before changing your diet.
Thousands of new products added to the catalog. Several accuracy fixes to scoring, lab-tested badges, and organic certification handling, so the number you see stays right when the data behind it changes. Bug fixes and performance improvements throughout.
The developer, Maddox Schmidlkofer, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
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Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
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Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Schmidlkofer Development LLC
- Size
- 68.7 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Tallow Premium (7-Day Trial) $39.99
- Tallow Premium (Monthly) $9.99
- Tallow Premium (Special Offer) $19.99
- Tallow Pro — Yearly $19.99
- Tallow Premium (Yearly) $29.99
- Tallow Premium (3-Day Trial) $29.99
- Tallow Premium (Yearly) $9.99
- Tallow Premium (7-Day Trial) $59.99
- Tallow Premium (7-Day Trial) $49.99
- Tallow Premium (7-Day Trial) $29.99
- Copyright
- © Schmidlkofer Development 2026
