Yesterday, we talked about What to Look For on an Ingredient List. For those who like to examine food labels really carefully, there's a new iPhone app that helps decipher over 1,500 food additives and ingredients and lets you know whether they might be carcinogenic, genetically modified, a known allergen, or otherwise unhealthy.
The app is bare bones, aesthetically, but it's quick and easy to use and contains a wealth of information to help consumers understand labels and make informed decisions. To build the app's database, developer Dwayne Ratleff culled information from the Food and Drug Administration, European Food Safety Agency, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, World Health Organization, American Cancer Society, Center For Science In The Public Interest, Celiac.com, and other organizations.
Here's a demo video:
• Don't Eat That, $1.99 at iTunes
Related: iPhone Apps For The Home Cook: Part V
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Environmental Working Group has an iPhone app on wht to buy organic vs. conventional.. similar to this, and it's free.
I wonder if it also lists which ingredients are vegan- that would be so very helpful!
Before I watched the video, I though you scanned in the barcode and it would alert you to dangerous ingredients. Maybe someone could come up with that.
While this is a good idea, but I can't see myself with a young antsy child in tow, typing in every suspect ingredient.
@ nj_gal I ran a search for apps - can't find it :(
@VeryDelishVeg, it is called "DirtyProduce," and it is awesome. Not large, but awesome and useful.
wouldnt an easier way to control the additives and preservatives you consume to be simply not buying processed foods? If I don't know what an ingredient is, I don't buy it.
VeryDelishVegs:
Oops, just saw your response. Here it is on the EWG website:
http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php