Know what's really in your food and supplements, in seconds.
Just point your camera at the barcode. If the product isn't found, snap a picture of the ingredient list instead. Junk ingredients turn red, additives yellow, and good ones green, so you can spot junk without reading the fine print.
Works on groceries, snacks, protein powders, pre-workouts and vitamins.
Artificial food dye. Tap any colored ingredient to see why it got its color.
Why download Junk Scan
The front of the package sells.
The back tells the truth.
Ingredient lists are long, tiny and full of names nobody can pronounce. Junk Scan reads them for you and colors every ingredient in seconds, for food and supplements.
At the gym
Know what's in your scoop.
Protein powders, pre-workouts and vitamins can hide artificial sweeteners and dyes. Scan your supplement stack and put the junk back on the shelf.
In the grocery aisle
Pick the better box in seconds.
Scan two products and see which one has less junk and less added sugar, without squinting at the fine print.
For your family
Check the snacks your kids eat.
Cereals, fruit snacks and lunchbox treats often use artificial dyes. They turn red the moment you scan.
For your health goals
Cut the junk, keep the food you love.
Watching sugar or eating cleaner? See added sugar colored on the Nutrition Facts and keep your best finds in My scans.
INGREDIENTS: Milk Protein Isolate, Almonds, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavors, Sucralose, Red 40.
- Corn Syrup, Sucralose, Red 40 · sweeteners and an artificial dye
- Sugar, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavors · added sugar and processing additives
- Milk Protein Isolate, Almonds · real food
INGREDIENTS: Beta-Alanine, Caffeine Anhydrous, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Artificial Flavors, Sucralose, Red 40, Blue 1.
- Sucralose, Red 40, Blue 1 · artificial sweetener and dyes
- Artificial Flavors · made in a lab, not from food
- Citric Acid, Natural Flavors · common additives
Example products shown for illustration.
How the colors work
No mystery score. Junk Scan counts what's in the product, and you can tap any ingredient to see why it got its color. See how food and supplement scans work →
Junk
Ingredients we suggest avoiding, like artificial dyes, artificial flavors, hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup.
Additives
Stabilizers, thickeners, preservatives and added sugars. Often allowed and harmless, but a sign the food is processed.
Good
Whole-food ingredients like milk, oats, fruit, vegetables, eggs and live cultures.
Foods with 6 or more additives get a red flag for ultra-processed food. Food or supplement, 3 or more junk ingredients also gets a red flag. Supplements are never called ultra-processed.
Simple by design
Opens straight to the camera. No sign-up, no account.
Barcode or label photo
Scan a barcode for packaged foods. No barcode? Take a picture of the ingredient list instead.
Nutrition Facts, colored
Added sugar, sodium, fat and more, colored using FDA Daily Values so you can compare products quickly.
My scans and Favorites
Keep the products you scanned with their red, yellow and green counts, and star the ones you trust.
Share with family
Save a picture of any colored label and send it to the people you shop for.
See it in action
Real screens from the app.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade only if you scan a lot. One price covers food and supplements.
Free
Your first 10 scans, then 5 free scans every month. Barcode or label.
Pro Yearly
Just $1.67 a month. Unlimited scans, your full My scans list and Favorites.
Pro Monthly
Unlimited scans, your full My scans list and Favorites. Cancel anytime.
Barcode scans are unlimited with Pro. Label photo scans use AI and are subject to fair use (up to 300 a month). Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Junk Scan is for general information only and is not medical or dietary advice. Always check the package label, especially for allergies.