Allergen Scan
Allergen Scan
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Allergen Scan

The ultimate human-verified barcode scanner for families and individuals with severe dietary restrictions. Instantly identify hidden allergens across an extensive database of products with accuracy you can trust—100% ad-free.

Key Figures

Downloads

22K+

User Rating

4.5/5

Total Ratings

0

Publisher

Fussy Vegan Pty Ltd

Category

Food & Drink

Locales

1

Latest Version

5.06

Size

132.6 MB

First Released

Jan 18, 2021
Features

Shop with Total Confidence

Navigate the grocery aisles without the anxiety. Our human-verified database helps you find safe products for your family in seconds.

Human-Verified Accuracy

Eliminate guesswork with a database where every product is checked by a real person, providing a higher tier of safety for life-threatening allergies.

Instant Barcode Scanning

Quickly scan items while shopping to detect hidden ingredients like lupin, sulphites, and carmine that mainstream apps often miss.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Allergen Scan

What is the Allergen Scan app?

The Allergen Scan app identifies food allergens in products by scanning barcodes. It utilizes an extensive, human-checked database of Australian and New Zealand grocery items, ensuring accurate allergen status information for users with dietary restrictions.

Which allergens does the Allergen Scan app detect?

The Allergen Scan app detects numerous allergens including dairy, egg, fish, gluten and wheat, peanuts, soy, tree nuts, and sulphites. It also covers beeswax, carmine, chilli, coconut, garlic, gelatine, honey, lupin, mushroom, onion, shellac, shellfish, and silk.

How does the Allergen Scan app obtain product allergen information?

The Allergen Scan app's database is comprehensively checked by humans, not relying on user input. They contact manufacturers directly to verify product allergen information when required, ensuring high data accuracy.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

Allergen Scan - Smartphone screen showing ingredient list and store availability in the Allergen Scan app

Smartphone screen showing ingredient list and store availability in the Allergen Scan app

Allergen Scan - A screenshot of the Allergen Scan app displaying a list of common food allergens and their presence status for a specific product

A screenshot of the Allergen Scan app displaying a list of common food allergens and their presence status for a specific product

Allergen Scan - Mobile app screen showing a list of allergens and ingredients to avoid with checkmarks for custom filtering.

Mobile app screen showing a list of allergens and ingredients to avoid with checkmarks for custom filtering.

Allergen Scan - Mobile app screen displaying customer ratings and reviews for vegan food products.

Mobile app screen displaying customer ratings and reviews for vegan food products.

Allergen Scan - Nutritional information and ethical certifications on the Allergen Scan app interface.

Nutritional information and ethical certifications on the Allergen Scan app interface.

Allergen Scan - Settings screen of the Allergen Scan app showing a list of specific ingredients and allergens to track with toggle switches

Settings screen of the Allergen Scan app showing a list of specific ingredients and allergens to track with toggle switches

Description

Finding products that are free from allergens has never been easier with our Allergen Scan app. Key Features: * Scan the barcode on grocery and other products to check whether that product contains food allergens. * Largest and most extensive database of Australian and New Zealand grocery products, beer, wine, spirits, and other products. * Database is updated with new product listings daily. * Search products by barcode, brand or product name. * Search products by manufacturer. *Allergens and dietary needs covered by the app: beeswax, carmine, chilli, coconut, dairy, egg, fish, food oil, garlic, gelatine, gluten and wheat, honey, lupin, mushroom, onion, peanut, sesame, shellac, shellfish, soy, silk, sulphites, tree nuts, wool. * Save listings to the "My Lists" feature. You can make as many lists as you want and the lists will sync across all of your iOS devices. * Options to customise the product information page. * App is optimised for iOS 16 and and iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. * App is optimised for both iPhone and iPad. * App is 100% ad free. * Get app support via the in-app help desk. The AllergenPro app was developed as a way to easily check if a product contains an allergen or not. All products in our database have been comprehensively checked by a human to ensure that our allergen status is accurate for each product, and menu item in our database. We do not rely on user input to work out the allergen status of a product. We also contact the manufacturer where possible to verify the product or menu item where required. Detailed instructions on how to use the app are available on our support page. Having issues with our app? Please contact us if you are having any issues with our app and we will respond to you as quickly as possible, usually within 24 hours. we would appreciate you contacting us first before leaving a negative rating or review, as 99% of the time we are able to resolve any issues with our app. We take great care to provide accurate information, however as MAY CONTAIN statements do not form part of the Food Standards Code, the absence of a MAY CONTAIN statement on a product label does not guarantee the absence of any CROSS CONTAMINATION. We recommend that if you have concerns about possible CROSS CONTAMINATION that you use caution and contact the manufacturer directly to verify any concerns you may have. We provide a weblink to the manufacturers website wherever possible on the product information page.

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