Open Food Facts - Product Scan App Reviews

I’m so impressed by the developers who created an open source food database that’s free. It has amazing data in it. However, it needs some polishing. Ceating an account is unnecessarily glitchy. You can’t get an ampersand for the email address because it gives a phone keyboard for the account ID. I found a workaround by using the microphone feature of your phone. Then it gave me a regular keyboard for some reason. Small things like that should be easy to fix. Then I would not hesitate t

The database of foods is much larger than I expected. I knew we consumed more ultra processed foods than we should but some of the foods I thought were healthy were actually ultra processed. This is a great app and look forward to it continued success.

This could be such a great app if more people utilized it and input data on the food that they’re eating.

I was over the moon when I found the website and am so happy there is something like this. I’ve been searching for something like this website/app for too long. This should be shared everywhere!

The world NEEDS this. Huge THANK YOU to the community of developers making it happen. One of the key aspects that drew me to the app is that it is open source. As such, I expected to find that the app allows data to move in and out easily. I was disappointed to see no support for Apple Shortcuts in the app. I also don’t see any import or export capabilities. Hopefully, these are on the roadmap as they are essential to me. I can’t code, unfortunately, but will look to contribute other ways

This app has lots of potential. I am able to scan products, but when it comes to collaborate adding to the database it requires an account. I made an account in the computer before I tried this app. The app keeps telling that user or password are wrong. I was not able to create a new account either.

The barcode has worked perfectly for me. Sometimes there is no information on products, but I've learned a number of things about the cans on my shelves that will help me shop healthy. Grade for avoiding red flag saturated fats, etc., at a glance.

Please please please add pork!

Nothing comes up. Extremely slow

The scanner works well and is fast. Great for the French products but not so much for the US. The database needs to grow more.

Can’t be that great or popular if no one feels compeled to review, i mean not even a negative review in two years?

This is a great idea. The problem is that although the scanner recognizes the product (at least generically, but often not the specifics such as the brand) there is no data in the dB for many products. The first four items I scanned all asked ME to enter all the data from the package. Tsk tsk. If you’re crowdsourcing the data it’s going to take a while before this app becomes useful.

I want to love this ap; it is something we all need to offload the decision making process in choosing the right foods when we don’t have time to look up every ingredient. but the developers need to test us more because it keeps crashing when I try to sign up for an account.

I chose this app because it had the NOVA food classification clearly indicated as first result. Now it is hidden among other information.