NHS Food Scanner

Name: NHS Food Scanner
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.713740348815918 (2625 reviews)
Author: Department of Health and Social Care (Digital)

Department of Health and Social Care (Digital)

3.7

2.62K reviews

Government

500K+

Downloads

PEGI 3

About this app

Ever wondered how much sugar is in your favourite cola or how much salt is in your sauce you are adding to your meals? Find out and discover healthier choices with the NHS Food Scanner app!

So it's time to get scanning! Just find a food or drink barcode or use the in-app search functionality to quickly reveal what's inside. You might be surprised by what you find!

Be amazed with the Augmented Reality within the app that brings to life the sugar, sat fat and salt in your food and drink right in front of your eyes!

The app is based on the most widespread data available to us. We're continuously working to improve it and we're adding more and more products all the time. The nutrient data in this app has been supplied and check by our partners at Brandbank and Food Switch and is updated weekly.

The number of sugar cubes, sat fat and salt sachets shown in app are based on grams per pack/100g/ml/portion when that information is available.

The weight of one sugar cube is equal to 4 grams
The weight on one sat fat lump is equal to 1 gram
The weight of one salt sachet is equal to 0.5 grams

It's now time to get Scanning!

Updated on

Dec 13, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

No data shared with third parties

Learn more about how developers declare sharing

This app may collect these data types

Personal info, App activity, and Device or other IDs

Data is encrypted in transit

Data can’t be deleted

Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

3.7

2.56K reviews

Ziggy Newman

May 20, 2025

Good app but misleading at times. Overall this is a helpful app for making healthy choices when it comes to diet. However it completely misses harmful artificial sweeteners (which are worse than sugar) and implies that Coke Zero and sugar free fizzy drinks are nutritious choices when they are far from it. Overall a great app but I would expand on the traffic light system to include artificial sweeteners so better health choices can be made overall.

Jamie H

January 11, 2022

The app just doesn't work. You line up the product and take 10 minutes for it to scan. Most likely come up with "we don't have this product, can you help us" ect. All I did was scan a milk bottle 😳. The design of the layout did look good, and could have been easy to use.... Only if it worked. I did look at the comments after downloading and I see I'm not the only one who's seem to be struggling with the scanning. I do hope they fix the bug, this app could achieve so much

165 people found this review helpful

Arthur Magill

October 31, 2024

Recommends alternatives with artificial sweeteners in preference to sugar - that's a ticking time bomb, with very little research into their long term effects. Also, the app gives sugar per pack - I haven't yet found an item where I can see per portion info - which is next to useless. It's a neat idea that just doesn't work. Food is complicated - nutrition can't be reduced to 3 parameters.

61 people found this review helpful

What’s new

We're back with some exciting improvements!

• General Bug Fixes: As always, we've squashed a few bugs to keep everything running smoothly
• Increased Stability: We've updated backend infrastructure to improve the performance of the app and enable some Accessibility improvements to take place
• Introduced a new Discover section which contains useful articles and support around healthy eating

We’re always working to make the app better and thank you for your continued support across 2024!

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