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[Jabadoodle]

Supposedly you can scan labels and get nutrition info and alerts if the food contains GMOs or is not Vegetarian / Vegan.

Anyone tried it or anything similar?

 

http://www.fooducate.com/

[Jabadoodle]

Installed this. Seems like it could be helpful if you took the time to use it. 

* Asked me to create a login or login using Facebook -- so yeah, it's gonna track you
* Asked questions about age, gender, etc. -- because nutritional needs differ with these factors
* Let me set that I want to be warned about Vegetarian, GMO, and/or Vegan


Scanned a few items -- which was very easy, just point a bar-code.

Triscuits:
* It gave them a "Personalized Grade" of: B+
* Calories per Serving: 120
* GMO - High Probability
* Seems to be Vegetarian
* Dieter food point value = 3
* Contains MSG like ingredients

Also gave some alternatives and a couple of user comments.


 

[Lazy Lightning]

I wish these things didn't all want you to have a FB account attached to 'em... otherwise it sounds like a cool app... We don't buy much pre-packaged stuff and I always read the labels, so I'm not sure how helpful it would be.

[Jabadoodle]

I wish these things didn't all want you to have a FB account attached to 'em... otherwise it sounds like a cool app... We don't buy much pre-packaged stuff and I always read the labels, so I'm not sure how helpful it would be.

It gave the option of creating an account just with them. For a quick test I opted to just use Facebook but if I were to use it full time I'd create an account with them so that what I buy is not linked to Facebook.

Yeah, if you already buy local and are good at knowing what's what, not very helpful. I though of looking for this app because the Food Inc documentary made a point that it's hard to get laws passed that require accurate labeling. This type of app/service could put information in the hands of consumers without laws and whether the companies want to cooperate or not.

[Tim the Beek]

Will check this out for sure!

[TheDHJ]

Downloaded it and tried it out.

It said in a voice with a rural Irish accent that all I eat is junk food and I'm fat. Bizarre.

[MeOmYo]

was it a sexy rural Ireland voice at least?

[TheDHJ]

was it a sexy rural Ireland voice at least?

Meh it had more of a working class Boston slant to it.

[china cat]

we added it - kinda cool, thanks Jab

[Tim the Beek]

Tim the Dork has been scanning everything in the cupboards.

[Lazy Lightning]

Downloaded it and tried it out.

It said in a voice with a rural Irish accent that all I eat is junk food and I'm fat. Bizarre.

 

 

[VSCT]

app not available for my windows phone.  

I used to use this one on my old phone: http://nongmoshoppingguide.com/

but alas also not available for new phone.

 

guess I'll just stick to reading the labels