We'd love to do this, but haven't been able to figure out how to do this on a per-product basis. It would be cool if I scanned a tube of "Hello Oral Care Charcoal Toothpaste" and in addition to finding it to be a brand from Procter and Gamble, that we could figure out other Charcoal toothpaste brands in the store where I am and list those instead.The problem is the size of the market and the scope of our database.Unlike most of the other organizations that provide information about product testing practices and that report on a couple of thousand companies in a few countries, our data covers products from 106 countries. Specifically, we track over 400,000,000 individual products from roughly 12,000 companies. Local availability is also an issue - that toothpaste which is available in Australia or India may not be on the market in Chile or Canada. Meanwhile, we do offer the information through the ability to search product categories (such as "dental care") and find companies that sell a particular type of product.You can search particular brand names (for instance, "Crest") to find if the brand as a whole is cruelty-free.We do kinda keep dreaming about the idea because it would be SOOOO cool for the shoppers, but realistically, scaling down the trivial many (20,000 or so entries associated with just the word "toothpaste") to the significant few (the exact tubes available at my local Loblaws grocery) is a task that hasn't (at least yet) worked well with even AI tools. But we do have hope...At any rate, thank you for writing. We do agree it is a highly desireable feature.

Thank you for your update - this may have been the most challenging issue we've seen with the app to date. The resolution required the identification of an unusual and very subtle behavior on the device and your persistence (and patience) working with the dev team was key in figuring out what the issue was. The findings from this investigation benefit the app, the users and ultimately (of course) the effort to end the use of animals for unnecessary lab testing. Thank you again for your help!

Thank you so much for the nice review!!! We are open to ideas on how to make it even better, so please don’t be shy about dropping a note and sharing your ideas. You can do so in email to info@cruelty-cutter.org or by using the feature on the app to send feedback. We’ve gotten some great suggestions from people and we would love to hear yours — or your dad’s!

Hi Deb! Thank you very much for letting us know you are experiencing issues. The issue with the blank white screen is troubling - even if the app can't connect to the host and get an answer, it should produce an error message rather than a blank screen. It is also concerning that the response times seem higher on the new version of the app and that the products you are scanning have. The stats in the app analytics aren't providing any insight on your problem, so would you mind dropping us a line at info@cruelty-cutter.org and letting us know what kind of iOS device you are using and approximately what time of day you had these failures? You can also use the option in the app titled "Feedback" to send us the information. We would like to duplicate your failure environment as exactly as possible to understand the root causes of your issues, whether this is an interface problem with a particular iOS version, a particular device or some sort of error involving availability of the host system. We do, most sincerely, apologize for the problem and earnestly hope for your help in identifying the root cause so we can fix it.