Open Food Facts - Product Scan

Open Food Facts - Product Scan Software


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About: Open Food Facts gathers information and data on food products from around the world.
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  2023-12-12

Open Food Facts Overview


What is Open Food Facts? The Open Food Facts app is a collaborative scanning app that helps users find food that is good for their health and the planet. It provides personalized health and eco-impact information for over 2.3 million foods. Users can set their food preferences without compromising their privacy and get a tailored comparison of any food category. The app also allows users to contribute to food transparency by adding pictures and data to get the Nutri-Score, food processing level (NOVA), and Eco-Score.



Features


- Scan barcodes to find personalized health and eco-impact information for over 2.3 million foods

- Set food preferences without compromising privacy

- Compare different food products in a few seconds

- Choose products that are good for health and the planet based on Nutri-Score, NOVA group, and Eco-Score

- Contribute to food transparency by adding pictures and data

- Decipher food labels to find information on nutrition, environment, brands, allergens, labels, and traceability

- Science-based grades based on peer-reviewed science

- Privacy-friendly app that allows anonymous use and keeps food data offline

- Set up allergen alerts on products

- Available as a web version and for cosmetics, there is Open Beauty Facts.



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News: We invented the collaborative scanning app in 2012. As we turn 10, we’re reinventing it from the ground up! This app lets you find food that's good for you and good for the planet by scanning their barcodes. You will get personalized health & eco-impact info for 2.3M foods. Set your food preferences without ruining your privacy A scan that truly matches who you are Green: the product matches your criteria Red: there is a problem Gray: Help us answer you by photographing the products Compare in a few seconds those 3 different tomato sauces left on the shelf. Get a tailored comparison of any food category Food criteria you can pick Environment Health Additives & Ultra processed foods Salt Allergens Nutri-Score Eco-Score Scan, find & compare more than 2,3 million food products Choose products that are good for you - The Nutri-Score grade, from A to E : Nutritional quality - The NOVA group, from 1 to 4 : Avoid ultra-processed foods (Group 4) Choose products that are good the planet - Food causes over 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions - The Eco-Score grade, from A to E : a synthesis of 16 environmental impacts Contribute to Food Transparency - Open Food Facts is made by everyone, for everyone! - In short, we're "the Wikipedia of food", as the press nicknamed the project. Open Food Facts has also enabled the creation of over 150+ apps like Date Limite, Yuka or FoodVisor. - Use it to make better food choices - The app is also collaborative. If the product is missing, contribute pictures and data to get the Nutri-Score, food processing level (NOVA) and Eco-Score. - Make a difference today by photographing a product from your kitchen. - Open Food Facts is a non-profit project made by thousands of volunteers from around the world. Why don't you join us ? Decipher food labels We decipher products labels for you. You'll find: - Nutrition: The Nutriscore (nutritional score), nutrients, fat, transfat, carbohydrates, sugars, fiber, protein, salt & sodium. - Environment: The Ecoscore (including carbon footprint (CO2 emissions), packaging (as well as recycling instructions), environmental labels (organic, quality etc.), and origins of ingredients) - Other: brands, allergens, labels (bio, gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, halal, kosher...), traceability information (packaging codes, origins, food factories) - On wines and beers, you'll find the alcohol content. Our grades are science-based, and Open Food Facts is helping science! - We don't make up things. We rely on peer-reviewed science. - The Nutri-Score has been created by the independent French team led by Professor Hercberg. - The NOVA groups on food processing have been designed by the international team of Professor Monteiro. - The additives synthesis is based on reviews by EFSA on exposure levels on food additives. - The Eco-Score is based on ground breaking data by ADEME, the French environmental agency, adapted for the world. - The Open Food Facts community is collaborating with research teams across the planet for research that benefits all. Your food, your data. Privacy-friendly app. - You can use the app anonymously - Your food data is yours, and is never sent online Set up allergen alerts on products - Do you have a Milk, Gluten, Eggs, Soybeans, Nuts, Fish, Celery, Mustard, Sulphites, Peanuts, Sesame seeds, Crustaceans, Molluscs or Lupin allergy ? - Speed up your shopping with an initial screening with Open Food Facts. - Be careful that the info and the detection may not be 100% accurate. Always double check by yourself, with the packaging. More Web version: https://world.this app.org Questions, feedback : contact@this app.org For cosmetics, you can install Open Beauty Facts.




Top Reviews

By Sunnyday994

Scanner works fast and well

The scanner works well and is fast. Great for the French products but not so much for the US. The database needs to grow more.

By Steve McGuirk

Does not trip camera for barcode scan

Does not trip consistently the camera for barcode scan. It did once and found my English whole wheat muffins.

By Mnoureldin

App doesn’t work

The app doesn’t work. Can’t create an account and can’t scan any products.





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