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Open Food Facts - Food scanner 4.18.1

275.5 MB / 1000K+ Downloads / Rating 4.2 - 5,542 reviews


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Open Food Facts - Food scanner, developed and published by Interesting Views, has released its latest version, 4.18.1, on 2025-02-01. This app falls under the Health & Fitness category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 1000000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 4.2, based on 5.542 reviews.

Open Food Facts - Food scanner APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 6.0+). 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: org.openfoodfacts.scanner

Updated: 6 days ago

Developer Name: Interesting Views

Category: Health & Fitness

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Open Food Facts - Food scanner 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

4.2
Total 5,542 reviews

Reviews

4 ★, on 2020-12-31
Interesting concept, and lots of useful information. The user interface is a little confusing initially, and when you scan a product, you have to find that product in your scan history to get more details about it (or I am missing something in the confusing and clunky interface). But the clear grading of products makes it easy to complete a grocery shopping trip without having to read a bunch of labels if you are buying products you have not bought before.

2 ★, on 2020-11-23
Seems great. But once using and adding pictures and information one finds that this program may well give the worst rating to quite natural and proven healthy food like duck breasts or legs in their own grease, while giving a good rating to so-called healthy food loaded with lectins and other natural but quite unhealthy ingredients or molecules. Another point is quite cumbersome off-line use. Better use your eyes and brain to save time and health when shopping.

1 ★, on 2020-12-20
Didn't work. I scanned a UPC which was not in the system. I was willing to add 64 ingredients through the website, but it would not open. I had good signal. Time :10pm eastern, on 12/19/2020

1 ★, on 2020-12-31
7 common foods scanned. 0 results returned. Uninstalling.

4 ★, on 2020-09-02
Opened database relies on people data feeds. Product addition requires 2 minutes with training. Above nutrition facts and labels, you get NOVA food classification (i.e. 4 processing levels defined by UN), vegan compliance and palm oil flags. You can build your product lists. You can review scanned products later (/ local logs). If you don't want to rely on advertising and don't have enough time to inspect packaging, you should try it.

5 ★, on 2020-10-18
I like the Yuka app better because of the overall grade and the quick and easy explanations on additives, but Open Food Facts is a more open system where everyone can edit & improve product information, irrespective of the country /language (for example Yuka does not cover Dutch products).

Previous Versions

Open Food Facts - Food scanner 4.18.1
2025-02-01 / 275.5 MB / Android 6.0+

Open Food Facts - Food scanner 4.17.1
2024-12-24 / 30.2 MB / Android 5.0+

Open Food Facts - Food scanner 4.16.9
2024-12-15 / 239.9 MB / Android 5.0+

Open Food Facts - Food scanner 4.16.1
2024-11-14 / 114.2 MB / Android 5.0+

About this app

🔍 Scan, Discover & Compare Over 3 Million Food Products
The app allows to scan the 3 million products already contained in the free and open database Open Food Facts.
The app is collaborative. If we don't have the product, you can add pictures and data to get the Nutri-Score and NOVA score on food processing.

In short, we're kind of "the Wikipedia of food", as many have nicknamed the project. Open Food Facts has enabled the creation of over 100 apps like Date Limite, Yuka or FoodVisor.

To discover the volunteer-run Open Food Facts project, visit https://world.openfoodfacts.org/discover

🥦 Make Healthier Food Choices

➜ The Nutri-Score grade, from A to E : Nutritional quality
➜ The NOVA group, from 1 to 4 : Avoid ultra-processed foods (Group 4)

🌍 Join Our Mission for Food Transparency

➜ Open Food Facts is a food products database made by everyone, for everyone.
➜ You can use it to make better food choices, and as it is open data, anyone can re-use it for any purpose.
➜ You can start contributing today by adding a product from your fridge.
➜ Open Food Facts is a non-profit project developed by thousands of volunteers from around the world. We have lots of exciting projects you can contribute to in many different ways.

🏷️ Decode Food Labels with Ease

➜ Open Food Facts helps you decipher products labels. You will be able to find:
➜ carbon footprint (CO2 emissions) and packaging (as well as recycling instructions),
➜ Nutriscore (nutritional score), nutrients, fat / fat content, saturated fatty acids, carbohydrates, sugars, fiber, protein and salt and sodium.
➜ brands, allergens, labels (bio, gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, halal, kosher ...), traceability information (packaging codes, origins of ingredients)
➜ On wines and beers, you will find the alcohol content.

🔬 Backed by Science, Supporting Research
➜ We don't make up things. We rely on peer-reviewed science.
➜ The Nutri-Score has been created by the independent French team led by Professor Hercberg.
➜ The NOVA groups on food processing have been designed by the international team of Professor Monteiro.
➜ The additives synthesis is based on reviews by EFSA on exposure levels on food additives.
➜ The Open Food Facts community is collaborating with research teams across the planet to improve nutrition research that benefits all.

📶 Access Anywhere, Anytime
➜ You can add new products, even with bad or no Internet connection
➜ The app loads only the minimum to reduce data and battery consumption
➜ You don't need a camera to look up a product. You can also type the barcode if you lack a camera or have an issue with it.

🔒 Your food, your data. Privacy-Centric App
➜ Your data is yours, and is never sent online
➜ You can use the app anonymously
➜ You can export your scan history

🚨 Set Allergen Alerts
➜ Milk, Gluten, Eggs, Soybeans, Nuts, Fish, Celery, Mustard, Sulphur dioxide and sulphites, Peanuts, Sesame seeds, Crustaceans, Molluscs or Lupin allergy ?
➜ Speed up your shopping by doing an initial screening of your food with Open Food Facts.
➜ Be careful that the information may not be 100% accurate, and detection may not be 100% accurate. So always double check by yourself, with the packaging.

🌐 Open Food Facts: More Than An App

Open Food Facts is also available on the web at https://world.openfoodfacts.org
Questions, feedback : mobile@openfoodfacts.org

New features

Open Food Facts turns 10 ! We've created a completely new version of the app to celebrate.
New features of the week:
- Brand autocompletion on edit
- Experimental price collection (Open Prices)
- Faster way to get Nutri-Score, Eco-Score and ultra-processing (NOVA)
- List of all images ever uploaded for a product
We look forward to hearing your feedback at contact@openfoodfacts.org
https://github.com/openfoodfacts/smooth-app/releases

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.