The full ingredient list, in pack order
Manufacturers list ingredients by descending weight. We keep that order, so when the third word is sugar, you can see it straight away.
The UK food ingredient scanner that reads the label back
Point your camera at any UK barcode and NutraSafe reads the back of the pack for you: every ingredient in plain English, the additives pulled out of the list, the Big 14 allergens spotted, and the sugars hiding under other names. The whole ingredient list, not just a calorie total.
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What one scan reads off the pack
Six things from one barcode
We show you the ingredient list the manufacturer wrote, with the parts worth recognising picked out and named in plain English, and we cite the regulator on every line we flag.
Every additive, pulled out of the list
Each E-number named in plain English, what it does, and what the regulator has said about it where published evidence exists. A source on every flag.
The Big 14 allergens, spotted for you
The 14 allergens UK law requires a label to declare, highlighted wherever they appear in the ingredients we hold. Data can be incomplete, so always check the packet itself.
The hidden sugars, named
Glucose-fructose syrup, dextrose, invert sugar, maltodextrin. We read the many names sugar hides behind and add the total to your day against the UK reference values.
Processing markers, called out
Emulsifiers, hydrogenated fats, modified starches, isolated proteins. We mark the things the NOVA literature lists as ultra-processed markers, so you can see them.
Branded or own-brand, Tesco to Co-op
The same scanner reads a Tesco Finest pizza, a Heinz tin, an Aldi spread or a Lidl protein yoghurt. If a UK barcode exists, we look it up.
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A real UK pack, scanned
What one scan reads back to you
Anyone who has turned a pack over and found twelve lines of ingredients has wondered what half of them are. A calorie app gives you a number; an ingredient scan reads the manufacturer's own list and tells you what each part of it is.
The ingredient list, in plain English
Scan a barcode and the whole ingredient list opens top to bottom, in the order the manufacturer printed it. Ingredients are set out by descending weight, so when sugar is the second or third word, you can see it at a glance rather than squinting at the small print.
We name the parts most people skip past: what pectin is, what modified maize starch is doing in there, what paprika extract is. No chemistry degree, just the plain version of each line, so you can read the whole label the way you would read a sentence.
Every additive, pulled out of the list
The additives are lifted out of the ingredient list and set out on their own, each named in plain English with what it does. Where there is published research on one, the flag carries its source on the line, so you can see who said what: EFSA, the FSA, or IARC.
This page keeps to the ingredient list itself. For the additive-by-additive detail, the concern behind each E-number and where it was published, the additive scanner goes deeper on the same scan.
The Big 14 allergens, spotted in the list
The 14 allergens UK law requires a label to declare, milk, egg, gluten, soya, nuts and the rest, get highlighted wherever they appear in the ingredients we hold. So a hidden milk derivative or a soya lecithin does not slip past unread.
One caveat we will always be straight about: we surface what we can read from the ingredient list, and that data can be incomplete or out of date. Always check the packet itself, and never rely on any app for a serious allergy.
The sugar hiding under other names
Sugar is not always written as sugar. It turns up as glucose-fructose syrup, dextrose, invert sugar, fruit juice concentrate and maltodextrin, often several at once so no single one climbs the list. Scan a can of cola and the ingredient names, not just the calorie total, are what you read.
We read those names for what they are and add the sugar total to your day against the UK reference values, so a pack that looks light on the front is measured on what is actually inside. For the broad scan across every food you log, the food scanner covers the lot.
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Questions people ask
Common questions
Five questions we get in our inbox most weeks. Short answers, no flannel.
Is there an app that shows food ingredients?
Yes. Our scanner shows the full ingredients list for every UK product you scan: every ingredient, every additive, every E-number, and any of the 14 UK-recognised allergens, in the order they appear on the pack.
Can I scan a barcode to see ingredients?
Yes. Open NutraSafe, point your phone at a UK barcode, and you see the full ingredients list, additives flagged with what each one does, our per-product grade, and any of your saved allergens highlighted.
What's the difference between a calorie app and an ingredients scanner?
A calorie app totals what you ate today. An ingredients scanner reads what's in a product before you eat it: the order, the additives, the E-numbers, the allergens. We do both, in the same diary.
Why doesn't my calorie app show ingredients?
Most calorie apps are built around energy and macros and pull from crowd-sourced databases where users only enter the calorie field. We pull from the UK product databases that carry the full ingredient list, so we get the whole label.
Is the food ingredients scanner free?
The app is free to download. The free tier covers barcode scanning, the full ingredients list, our per-product grade, the public E-number library, and up to 25 food log entries a day. NutraSafe Pro is £3.99 a month or £34.99 a year on iOS.
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