NHS Food Scanner

Name: NHS Food Scanner
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.408088207244873 (2724 reviews)
Author: Department of Health and Social Care (Digital)

Department of Health and Social Care (Digital)

2.72K reviews

PEGI 3

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PEGI 3

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About this app

Ever wondered how much sugar is in your favourite cola or how much salt is in your sauce you are adding to your meals? Find out and discover healthier choices with the NHS Food Scanner app!

So it's time to get scanning! Just find a food or drink barcode or use the in-app search functionality to quickly reveal what's inside. You might be surprised by what you find!

Be amazed with the Augmented Reality within the app that brings to life the sugar, sat fat and salt in your food and drink right in front of your eyes!

The app is based on the most widespread data available to us. We're continuously working to improve it and we're adding more and more products all the time. The nutrient data in this app has been supplied and check by our partners at Brandbank and Food Switch and is updated weekly.

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

It's now time to get Scanning!

Bring the sugar, sat fat and salt to life and really see inside your food.

Updated on

28 Aug 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.

No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted
Committed to follow the Play Families policy

Ratings and reviews

2.65K reviews

Jamie H

11 January 2022

The app just doesn't work. You line up the product and take 10 minutes for it to scan. Most likely come up with "we don't have this product, can you help us" ect. All I did was scan a milk bottle 😳. The design of the layout did look good, and could have been easy to use.... Only if it worked. I did look at the comments after downloading and I see I'm not the only one who's seem to be struggling with the scanning. I do hope they fix the bug, this app could achieve so much

214 people found this review helpful

Dorina Cadar

20 November 2020

Pretty good app. Not all products are there, but you can add some yourself. Wish they would perhaps allow you to add your family members and see what is appropriate for them (according to height, weight, age and sex) But helpful when doing my shopping. No all products have their traffic light (or nutritional values coloured in), but with the app is easy to make better (informed) choices.

42 people found this review helpful

Steven Beard

21 March 2022

It's a good idea but the app has too many bugs to be useful. It frequently freezes my phone. It gives useful information on food products, but many items have no dats or are not found in the database. The swap suggestions are sometimes daft. Why would I want to swap a curry for a pasta sauce?! I won't be using this app but might try again later. It needs work.

74 people found this review helpful