NHS Food Scanner app

Find out what’s in YOUR food!

Time to scan some bar codes!

Ever wondered how much sugar is in your fave cola or salt is in your sauce? Find out with the Food Scanner app!

Food Scanner is here to help you and your family make healthier food and drink choices.

The app uses Augmented Reality to help bring to life what’s inside your food and drink right in front of your eyes!

There are certain limitations depending on what device you have and if your device supports ARCore. If it doesn’t not to worry it will show you a 3D scenario instead so you won’t miss out on all the fun.

Download the free NHS Food Scanner app

It’s time to get scanning! Just find a food or drink barcode to quickly see what’s inside. You might be surprised by what you find!

The number of sugar cubes, sat fat and salt sachets shown in app are based on grams per pack/100g/ml/portion when that information is available.

The weight of one sugar cube is equal to 4 grams
The weight on one sat fat lump is equal to 1 gram
The weight of one salt sachet is equal to 0.5 grams