Android and iOS platforms that can help identify gluten on product labels
Several applications exist on both Android and iOS platforms that can help identify gluten on product labels.
These include:
1. Fig: Food Scanner & Discovery: This app supports every dietary restriction and allergy, helping you find food you CAN eat and avoid reactions. It has over 1M satisfied members.
2. The Gluten Free Scanner: This app is purposely designed for those with intolerance to gluten. It works simply and fast, using your mobile phone camera to scan the barcodes of products (not available in all countries).
3. Sift Food Labels: Scanner: Just scan the barcode of any food product and Sift will provide a Food Score based on the quality of ingredients and translate these into easy-to-understand terms.
4. Open Food Facts – Food scanner: This app allows you to scan over 3 million products already contained in the free and open database Open Food Facts.
5. FoodSwitch: GlutenSwitch, a feature of this app, helps people living with coeliac disease or a gluten intolerance to identify alternatives that are both gluten-free and healthier than the scanned item.
6. Yuka: This free mobile app allows you to scan the barcodes of food and personal care products and instantly see their impact on your health.
7. Soosee – Allergy & Vegan Scan: Soosee scans ingredient labels instantly to warn you about ingredients you want to avoid. It includes more than 30 categories for common allergies, a vegan lifestyle, pregnant women, high environmental impact, additives, health and more.
These apps offer a variety of features which include scanning product labels, providing alternatives to gluten-containing foods, and categorizing foods based on specific dietary needs. Some of them also offer feedback on the impact of specific products on your health.
