Fast barcode scan
Open the scanner, aim at a packaged-food barcode, and review a product summary before expanding into full details.
What I Eat
Scan food, know more
Food scanner
Scan food. Know more.
What I Eat helps you understand packaged foods before they become a habit. Scan barcodes, search products, and see nutrition, additives, allergens, ingredients, serving-size context, favorites, and scan history in one calm view.
Barcode scan
Product search
Serving context
Favorites
Features
Food labels without the scavenger hunt
Built for the aisle, kitchen, and pantry moments when you want to understand what stands out before a product becomes routine.
Search by product or barcode
Search by name, brand, multi-word query, or barcode when you do not have the package in front of you.
Nutrition with thresholds
Compare sugar, sodium, saturated fat, calories, protein, and more by 100g/ml or serving, with context for high, moderate, and low values.
Additives and risk context
Inspect additive names, usage summaries, risk labels, and source-backed reasons when reference data is available.
Allergens and preferences
See allergen signals and optional warnings for palm oil, gluten, lactose, pork, soy, and other food-preference conflicts.
History and favorites
Revisit recent lookups, de-duplicated local history, and saved favorites without creating an account.
Workflows
From quick scan to deeper inspection
Store-aisle triage
Scan a barcode, read the partial product card, then keep scanning or expand the sheet when something deserves a closer look.
Deep product inspection
Open Product Detail to review score, nutrient groups, serving basis, additive detail, allergens, raw ingredient text, and ingredient explanations.
Build a trusted shelf
Use local Favorites for products you trust, products you want to compare later, or products you want to remember to avoid.
Screenshots
Calm detail, built for comparison
English App Store screenshots showing nutrition, additives, ingredient context, history, and settings.
Ingredients
More than a raw label
Additive detail
Expandable additive rows can explain what an additive is used for, why it may be flagged, and where the reference comes from.
Structured ingredients
When available, What I Eat shows ingredient roles, estimated shares, dietary signals, and plain-language explanations.
Ingredient combinations
Combo insights can explain why ingredients appear together, such as texture, stabilization, emulsification, or flavor balancing.
Data
Open data, careful claims
What I Eat is designed around transparency, attribution, and clear boundaries.
Open Food Facts-backed
Product records, names, images, nutrition, ingredients, allergens, and tags are based on public product data that can vary in quality.
Local reference banks
Bundled additive references, allergen labels, ingredient explanations, and combo insights help explain product data in plain language.
Data quality context
The app calls out missing or incomplete signals so scores, additives, ingredients, and warnings are easier to judge.
Local user lists
History, favorites, food preferences, and review prompt counters stay on your device instead of requiring an account.
Network where needed
Search, barcode lookup, and product images require network access because product data and images are not bundled offline.
Not medical advice
Scores, warnings, additives, and allergens are informational. Always verify packaging and professional guidance for important decisions.
How it works
Three quick steps
Scan or search
Use the camera scanner for packaged foods, or search by product name, brand, multi-word query, or barcode.
Review what stands out
See score context, nutrient signals, serving basis, additive detail, allergens, raw ingredient text, and ingredient explanations.
Save what matters
Use favorites and scan history to compare foods, revisit common products, and keep useful lookups within reach.
FAQ
Good to know
Use it to scan food barcodes or search products to see nutrition, additives, allergens, ingredients, serving-size context, favorites, and scan history in one focused view.
Yes. What I Eat supports product search as well as barcode scanning, so you can look up foods when the package is not nearby or the barcode is hard to read.
The app can show nutrition by 100 g/ml or by serving, including context for sugar, sodium, saturated fat, calories, protein, and other available product details.
Yes. When ingredient data is available, What I Eat can show ingredient text, ingredient roles, additive references, and ingredient combination context.
Yes. The app can highlight preference warnings for things like gluten, lactose, soy, palm oil, or pork when available product data supports it.
The app can show allergen signals when they are available in the product record, but it should not be your only allergy check. Always verify the package label.
Product data is based on Open Food Facts and may be incomplete or user-contributed. What I Eat surfaces missing-data context so results are easier to interpret.
Yes. The scan flow is designed for quick store-aisle triage: scan, read the partial product card, and expand only when you want the full detail view.
They are optional Settings toggles that can warn when a product may conflict with palm-oil-free, gluten-free, lactose-free, pork-free, or soy-free preferences.
Yes. Nutrient rows can expand to show threshold context so values are easier to understand for the selected nutrition basis.
No. What I Eat is informational only. It is not medical, nutrition, or allergy advice, and packaging plus professional guidance remain the source of truth.
Yes. What I Eat includes favorites for quick comparison and scan history so you can revisit products you have looked up.
No. What I Eat is independent. It does not use Yuka data, and its product guidance is based on open food data and its own scoring approach.