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EWG's Food Scores 1.11.0

3.8 MB / 50K+ Downloads / Rating 3.4 - 187 reviews


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EWG's Food Scores, developed and published by Environmental Working Group, has released its latest version, 1.11.0, on 2016-03-15. This app falls under the Lifestyle category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 50000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 3.4, based on 187 reviews.

EWG's Food Scores APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: com.ewg.foodscores

Updated: 9 years ago

Developer Name: Environmental Working Group

Category: Lifestyle

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing EWG's Food Scores on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

App Rating

3.4
Total 187 reviews

Reviews

3 ★, on 2016-08-18
I am pretty well educated on what is healthy or not, but sometimes I get stumped & when I found out about this app, I was very excited to be able to find the info I need w/o standing in the grocery store for 20 mins researching. On my 1st test run at home I found that #1, the barcode scanner doesn't work at all. App crashes everytime I open it. #2, it doesn't seem to have info about things already on the healthy side. I guess it's for ppl just starting to learn, which is great, but I hope they step it up!

3 ★, on 2016-07-12
The database of food research is great. But... fix the scanner app. Seriously. I would use it a lot more if I didn't have to search for every singe item. 5 stars for the info in the database, 1 star for the current state of the app. One would think that having a broken app would be embarrassing after putting so much work into the project.

2 ★, on 2016-08-03
Each time I try to scan the app closes. There is some good information on the website. Just very frustrating that the app doesn't wotk.

2 ★, on 2016-07-22
Scanner doesn't work. Just closes the app when I select it. Like the idea of the app but I won't use it if the scanner doesn't work. Too bad:/

1 ★, on 2017-10-10
The app used to work pretty good, but now it won't even open at all without forced-close errors. Uninstalled it and reinstalled; same thing.

1 ★, on 2016-03-22
App worked for a month and now crashes when I try to scan. It was worth 5 stars when it worked.

Previous Versions

EWG's Food Scores 1.11.0
2016-03-15 / 3.8 MB / Android 4.0+

About this app

How does your food score? How do we know what we’re eating, really? Food processors make so many claims these days. Supermarkets are loaded with foods that contain chemicals no one can pronounce.

EWG’s Food Scores houses information on tens of thousands of foods in a simple, searchable online format designed to guide consumers to healthy, affordable food that’s good for people and the planet.

The database includes more than:
• 80,000 products
• 5,000 ingredients
• 1,500 brands

How did we come up with our scores? We combine these ratings into a single overall product score.

-- Nutrition. The nutrition scoring algorithm considers multiple factors, including calories, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, sodium, protein, fiber and fruit, vegetable and nut content.

-- Ingredient concerns. The ingredient concerns algorithm focuses on factors such as the likely presence of key contaminants, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics and the health implications of certain food additives.

-- Processing. The processing score reflects EWG's best estimate of the extent to which a particular food has been processed. Scoring factors include modification of individual ingredients from whole foods and the number of artificial ingredients.

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App Permissions

Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.