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by This Name Isn't Taken (:

This app lists sugar (including while it is inside of unprocessed fruit), dates, and citric acid as a “questionable” ingredient and additionally lists canola and soybean oil as “potentially harmful.” This app spreads fearmongering claims about GMO foods without basis. Uses phrasing such as “this ingredient is made of chemicals” when all ingredients are chemical in nature. Cites sources without full context, includes low ratings of foods even when including that there is only anecdotal evidence to show that it is harmful, and ultimately will fuel orthorexia. Dangerous and pointless app. Don’t download.

by 2 Year Old Loves It

You have to pay handsomely if you actually want to use this app on the regular. I can use my camera app on my phone to enlarge the ingredients on products in the grocery store. I can use my notes app to compile a list of products that I use and consume regularly.

What about genetically modified and/or bioengineered foods that are a part of the ingredients list. You can not find this information out. It seems to not be a concern.

Don’t get me wrong. There are some positives in this app. I just think that it needs to have more focus on the entire packaging of each product.

by Self-Starter 25

This app has two basic call outs for “bad” ingredients (1) problematic and (2) questionable. This two tier system is a little too simple for an app and has one major flaw - it identifies added sugar as questionable and not problematic. The ingredient, added sugar, that is the main driver behind the majority of chronic disease in America is “questionable” and not “problematic”?

This app leans into the obfuscation of nutrition where preservatives are more demonized than the huge amounts of sugar being added to our diets - the causality is clear. This system allows companies to sell sugar loaded products that are given a “health washing,” because they are “natural”

For example, their bbq article recommends Noble Made by the New Primal’s BBQ Sauce, which uses Pineapple Juice as a main ingredient. Pineapple Juice is mainly fructose and should be avoided in any healthy diet, as fructose is not metabolized by the body and goes right to the liver, causing fatty liver disease (among many other problems).

Nutrition science is becoming clear. This app is not.