Food Scanner
Scan a barcode to see what's really in a product — its Nutri-Score, how processed it is, and any allergens.
Point the camera at the barcode.
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Scan a barcode to see what's really in a product — its Nutri-Score, how processed it is, and any allergens.
Point the camera at the barcode.
More tools · by niek.li
A personal tool for checking food while you shop. Scan or type a product's barcode and it shows the Nutri-Score (A–E nutritional rating), the NOVA processing level (1–4), how much fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt it contains, its allergens, and dietary flags such as palm-oil-free, vegan or vegetarian. You can also translate a foreign ingredient list into English.
Data. Product information comes from Open Food Facts, a free, open, crowd-sourced food database run by a French non-profit. Coverage is excellent for European products but not complete — some items, especially newer or local ones, may be missing or partly filled in. The dietary flags come from its automated ingredient analysis, so treat them as a guide and check the pack if it matters.
Translation. Ingredient translation uses LibreTranslate, an open-source engine; the primary instance is hosted by the European collective Disroot, with a public fallback if it's unavailable. It's machine translation, so it's approximate.
Privacy. The camera runs on your device and the video never leaves it — only the barcode number is sent to Open Food Facts. On browsers without a built-in barcode reader (Firefox, Safari), the open-source ZXing decoder is bundled with the app and runs locally. Your recently scanned products are saved only on this device, so you can revisit them. Nothing is stored on a server, and there are no accounts, tracking, or ads. See the full privacy page for what every tool sends and where.