FoodFacts-Allergy, Weight Loss app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: FoodFacts, Inc
First release : 09 May 2015
App size: 59.37 Mb
Even though more than 60% of an American diet is comprised of processed food, most people have a hard time navigating the food labels on the products they are purchasing. Too often ingredients in foods are difficult to pronounce, let alone understand. And with over 30 million people suffering from food allergies, more than ever consumers need to avoid products that are harmful to their food allergies and sensitivities. The Food Facts App aims to show you what’s really in the food you are eating. We break down ingredients and relate them to food allergens to give people total food transparency.
How It Works:
-Browse categories or utilize the search to find products you are consuming and see a detailed product view of each food.
-Each product detail contains:
-the Nutrition Fact Panel for each food
-the number of ingredients in each food
-the allergens attached to ingredients in each food
-our patented Food Facts Food Score (the only patented food score in existence) that rates food from A to F. “Things to Know” tells you why we rate them the way we do.
**Please note that our newest version of the Food Facts App is a pared down version of the previous app and does not contain all of the prior elements. As we restructure the app, we are working hard to bring even more insight and exciting features to help you navigate food. We have some exciting features that we are working on and appreciate your patience and support.
Latest reviews of FoodFacts-Allergy, Weight Loss app for iPhone and iPad
I am giving this app one star for many reasons: 1) It lists my recommended calorie intake dangerously low: 986 calories. I am 5 ft. 6 inches and I weight 128 pounds; 2) Something is off with their rating scale --throughout the site. Many organic products are given low ratings and listed as having "controversial ingredients." For instance, Plum Organics pumpkin and banana food pouch is rated a "B" and listed as having "controversial ingredients" and MSGs. Its organic and has three ingredients, so what are the controversial ingredients. Annies organic chocolate chip cookies is given a "D." For 7 grams of sugar in two cookies, with organic ingredients? That seems a little extreme, if you ask me. And vanilla is highlighted as a controversial ingredients? 3) More inconsistent ratings. Atkins Sweet and Crunchy bars (boxed) are rated a "B," while the individual bar is rated a "C." They are THE SAME BARS. This is concerning. The entire App needs to be removed, or a complete overhaul. Inconsistencies throughout and low ratings for many organic products. Something doesnt add up.
This app is powerful in that it lets you quickly look up a foods grade, nutrition facts, and ingredients of packaged foods with a quick and simple scan of their barcodes. Info on popular fast foods can also be browsed within the app. If the app lacks info on a food, you can try to submit package photos to an email address given in the app but you have to exit the app to do this. Also, theres no clear way to add information about a food that isnt in their database. This app looks like it has a good future ahead of it, if it continues to receive new users and development.
We downloaded this app, and were testing it out with products we have at home. On certified vegan items, the app was saying there were animal products in it. This happened with four products that we tried, and that was our limit. It may be good for some things, but you really need to approach this with caution.
In order to use the app, you need to enter sex, DOB, weight, height, etc. The vendor doesnt state the purpose for this information, how it will be used by the vendor, nor how the data will be protected.
I input my food allergies and health issues. Then I browsed products. Instead of filtering out the items that would be harmful, I had to scroll through page after page of items with the red slash. Most of the items without the red slash were rated as F or D-. This would be a GREAT app if you could sort items by how good they would be for your particular allergens and health issues instead of just an A to Z list. Definitely not worth the $1.99 a month to see the foods that are best for you.