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PLEASE people I am begging you, do not download this. The basis of this app seemed to be confusing to me because I did not understand how they were ascribing these “scores” to food products. I looked on the website and found that they use a nutritionist who is French to review their sources. I have not been able to find any related education, and I know that the term nutritionist is not regulated in the US. Registered dietitians is the only term that can be regulated.I went ahead and downloaded the app, and found that many of the articles that are sourced from companies and organizations with bias. And they claim not to have bias? So that doesn’t make sense. Many of the articles had even been taken down, and some were not even peer reviewed.. So please take this information with a grain of salt. The demonization of preservatives and processed foods for no reason needs to stop, especially when they are causing people to have unhealthy relationships with food.

I really wanted this app to be reliable, and I have a paid subscription, but sadly I find many errors in it: missing ingredients, duplicated products with different ratings... And when I report an error they ask me to provide the information, to take the picture of the ingredients, etc. I pay a subscription. I don’t work for free. They should be the ones checking the products and finding the correct information. Plus the product pictures look really bad. The idea behind it is good, but I don’t find it too reliable. ——- Thank you for your reply. It sounds great, but as I said I often find the same product with different ratings listed more than once, products with not all ingredients listed and it is very disappointing specially when you pay for the app. So the idea is good but it needs lots of improvements or more people hired to keep the app up to date.

Maybe because this is a new app, they haven’t had time to develop it fully, but I just scanned twenty different toxic-free products in my kitchen as well as other common household products (like WD40, for example) and they are not listed as products that have toxicity information on Yuka at all! They also do not have a lot of info on pet products, which makes me a little sad, as our four-legged friends are very important to us! I’m not deleting the app (or maybe I will) because it looks like they’re counting on me working for them (the “post information” link pops up when an unrecognized product is scanned) to keep their app functioning. It’s a good thing I know a lot about chemicals and what is and isn’t good for people, plants and animals…stay informed, everyone! Cheers, Erika