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Spoonful: Food Scanner 4+
FODMAPs, Gluten, Vegan & More!
Spoonful Inc.
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Spoonful is a label scanner and food discovery app for people with special diets. Spend less time reading labels and more time eating the food you love. Spoonful is built with dietitian experts and offers support for multiple diets including Gluten Free, Low FODMAP (IBS), Vegan, and more. (Full list below)
DIETS SUPPORTED
-Alpha-Gal
-Corn Free
-Dairy Free
-Egg Free
-Fish Free
-Gluten Free (Celiac safe)
-Lactose Free
-Low FODMAP (IBS)
-Lupin Free
-Milk Free
-Nightshade Free
-Oat Free
-Peanut Free
-Pescatarian
-Sesame Free
-Shellfish Free
-Soy Free
-Tree Nut Free
-Vegan
-Vegetarian
-Wheat Free
There are so many food scanners out there, why this one? Here's why we stand out:
1. Barcode scanner with a 90% match rate.
2. 700K+ food catalogue sorted by popularity and reviews.
3. Shopping list builder similar to a Spotify playlist.
4. Substitute finder for non-compliant foods.
5. Dietitian-written notes explaining why an ingredient does not comply.
6. Fast response on products not found by our database.
LOW FODMAP SCANNER
-Simple green, yellow, red results based on a food's FODMAP content
-Supports all FODMAP phases - elimination, reintroduction, and personalization
-Reviewed by Monash-trained dietitians who manage IBS symptoms for thousands of patients
GLUTEN FREE SCANNER
-Detects mainstay AND hidden gluten ingredients in packaged foods
-Identifies ingredients like "oats" that are potential cross-contact risks
-Reviewed by top-notch dietitians who also suffer from celiac disease
ALLERGEN SCANNER
-Options for milk, fish, shellfish, peanut, tree nut, wheat, soy, and egg free diets.
-Goes beyond the label by providing information on cross-contact.
PLANT-BASED SCANNER
-Options for vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian diets
-Detects mainstay AND hidden animal-derived ingredients
-Reviewed by plant-based dietitians who work with thousands of vegans and vegetarians
SUBSCRIPTION
Spoonful offers two auto-renewing subscriptions options:
1. $24.99 per year
2. $3.99 per month
These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence.
The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends.
Terms of Use: https://spoonfulapp.com/terms
Privacy Pilicy: https://spoonfulapp.com/privacy-policy
What’s New
Version 3.37.0
We've done a bit of housekeeping with our main menu, placing account management, subscriptions, and support all in one place.
Ratings and Reviews
Spoonful is a great help in going Low FODMAP
I had been researching all the vast areas related to understanding FODMAP, what it was, what it wasn’t, how to understand the role it needs to play in my daily life, how to EVER be able to buy groceries without spending HOURS at the store trying to read all the ingredients on all the items I needed to buy, then have to put those, bad for me items down and find the energy- mentally and physically- to find replacements that were low FODMAP. Yea, I spent over 1 1/2 weeks researching my self into depression because I just haven’t that kind of energy. Then I came across the Spoonful site and learned about their app. Needless to say, I was absolutely excited that one single app does all that work for me! I just use the scanner in the app and scan the grocery store items I want and I find out then and there if I can eat it or not. There are alternatives listed in the app to tell you what to replace that item with. There are items that are not in the Spoonful database of products, which I am more than happy to take pictures of the packages list of ingredients, the front of the package, nutritional section and its barcode and submit it to Spoonful. Spoonful takes action immediately to add the new products and notify you immediately as to that foods rating, let you know it’s been added to the data base and available for every one who scans those foods. I am truly grateful to Spoonful and their app. You can’t go wrong with their help!
Developer Response ,
Erin - we're so glad you're feeling better and that Spoonful was able to help. Wishing you all the best and a happy gut!
My fave list?
I haven't been shopping since I picked this up a few days ago- Where have you been‽ - because I'm immunocompromised. Also my (IBS) gut is absolutely miserable so I don't want to eat or drink more than particular granolas and drink green tea and I'm well stocked on them. Instead, I've been scanning what's around, including OTC meds, etc. Enlightening. (Nary a crash- the woman having crash issues might want to poke around at settings, get rid of location tracking, background refresh, automatic updates, etc when they're not needed and delete apps she's not using. She may want to check her battery use; what's running in the background?) I'm sure you all know it's not as easy as just buying gluten-free because pear juice is in some bread, mannitol is in Bean-o (Bean-zyme to the rescue!) My faves though- why can't I just plop something into it from general lists? Or can I? I don't see how. Please help.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for stopping by! And yes, you can add a product to your favorites from the Discover feed by pulling the right side of the product card to the left. This feature only works though if you are logged into your account.
Frustrated user…lack of kind/understanding support from Spoonful
I have been locked out of my account for 3 months. I have attempted logging in 20+ times now and one of two things happen: I never receive an email with the login link or it takes so long for the email to come that the link expires. When I tried contacting the developer I never saw any responses. Then after sending a frustrated email, I finally saw a response from the CMO who was not very kind in his response (apparently his messages went to my junk mail and since they were from his email my attempts to search for spoonful did not pull his messages up). I explained my position and the CMO has continued to interact with me in an unhelpful, unforgiving way. I sent another response asking for someone else on the team to help me and today I received a message from the CMO stating, “It would be best to part ways. There are lots of great apps out there”. He sent me a link to request a refund, but apple requires a refund request be made within 2 months of purchase, which would have been March when I wasn’t having problems.
Finally, after calling apple rather than going through the automated online refund request and talking with a supervisor I’m going to get a prorated refund for the remainder of the year, so maybe 3 more months of service refunded. I would have rather had some help logging in and getting my full year of service but I’ll take what I can get at this point.
I do not recommend this app.
App Privacy
The developer, Spoonful Inc., 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Search History
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Spoonful Inc.
- Size
- 41.6 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Spoonful Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Monthly Unlimited $4.99
- Yearly Unlimited $29.99
- Monthly Unlimited (Old) $2.99
- Yearly Unlimited $29.99
- Monthly Unlimited $4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.