Frequently Asked Questions

ScanBeforeEat is a free food label and barcode scanner that helps you check packaged food before you eat. Scan a label with your phone camera or scan a UPC/EAN barcode to see ingredients, a health score from 0 to 100, harmful additive warnings, and allergy alerts based on your profile.

Create a free account at scanbeforeeat.com, open the Scan page, and take a clear photo of the ingredients list or nutrition panel. Our AI reads the label and returns a health score, ingredient breakdown, and personalized warnings in seconds.

Yes. Point your camera at a product barcode (UPC or EAN). ScanBeforeEat looks up the product via Open Food Facts and analyzes ingredients, additives, and nutrition data automatically.

Yes. ScanBeforeEat is built for everyday shoppers and includes awareness of Indian packaged foods and common INS food additive codes found on Indian labels, alongside global ingredient databases.

Yes. Set your allergies and diet preferences in your profile (for example peanuts, gluten, dairy, or vegan). Every scan flags ingredients that may conflict with your settings so you can decide before buying or eating.

ScanBeforeEat combines AI label analysis with a rule-based health engine. It evaluates nutrition (40%), ingredient quality (25%), processing level (15%), additive risk (10%), and positive ingredients (10%), then assigns a score from 0 to 100 with an Eat / Maybe / Avoid verdict and plain-language recommendations. Your diet preferences can adjust how sugar, salt, and additives are weighted.

Yes. ScanBeforeEat is free to use. Create an account, scan food labels and barcodes, save favorites, and view scan history at no cost.

Yes. ScanBeforeEat supports English and Hindi for summaries and parts of the interface, so families can review scan results in the language they prefer.

Like Yuka, ScanBeforeEat scans products and scores them for health. ScanBeforeEat also focuses on Indian packaged foods, INS additive codes, Hindi support, label photo scanning with AI, and personalized allergy and diet alerts — all free on the web and mobile app.

Your scans are tied to your account and stored securely. We do not sell your personal scan history. See our Privacy Policy for full details on data collection, storage, and your rights.

You can set preferences such as vegan, Jain, diabetes-friendly, gluten-free, and lactose-free. Scans are checked against your choices so risky ingredients are highlighted on every product.

For support or questions, email us at contact@scanbeforeeat.com.