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Change4Life Food Scanner

Ever wondered how much sugar is in your favourite cola or how much salt is in your sauce? Find out with the Food Scanner app!

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What is this service?

Scan, swipe, swap!

Just scan the barcodes of your family's favourite foods, swipe to see the healthier options available, and make a swap next time you shop!

Use the NHS Food Scanner to bring food labels to life! A quick scan of the barcode on the product's packaging using your phone's camera will show you:

If it's a 'Good choice'

Keep an eye out for the "Good choice" badge in the app, and when you're shopping in store or online.

Traffic light ratings

See at a glance whether the product is high, medium or low in sugar, salt and fat.

Living labels!

A fun augmented reality feature helps you celebrate your good choices – or bring the sugar, salt and fat in a product to life to help kids understand more about what they're eating.

All your previous scans

See the full list of every product you've ever scanned!

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What people say

Downloaded this app today and it's already making a difference to how we eat and drink. Very easy to use and it demystifies confusing product labels!

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