Myredient: Ingredient Scanner

ZW Studio LLC

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About this app

Myredient tells you what is actually in your food. Scan a product barcode or photograph an ingredient label, and Myredient breaks down every additive and ingredient inside — filtered to the dietary preferences you set.

★ WHAT MYREDIENT FLAGS
Myredient cross-references each ingredient against a curated database of food additives and E-numbers, plus entries for oils and industrial sweeteners. It surfaces:
• Artificial colors such as Red 40, Yellow 5, and titanium dioxide
• Preservatives including sodium benzoate, sulfites, nitrites, and parabens
• Flavor enhancers and sweeteners such as MSG, aspartame, sucralose, high-fructose corn syrup, and maltodextrin
• Emulsifiers and thickeners such as carrageenan and lecithins
• Refined seed and hydrogenated oils

★ REGULATED DIFFERENTLY AROUND THE WORLD
For each additive, Myredient shows how official regulators treat it — permitted, allowed only under specific conditions (a maximum level or a mandatory warning), or banned — across the United States, European Union, Canada, and Japan. Each status comes straight from the regulators' own registers: the EU additives register (Regulation 1333/2008), the US FDA's Substances Added to Food, Health Canada's permitted-additive lists, and Japan's MHLW lists. Every flag cites its source — you see the facts, not a score.

★ FLAGGED FOR YOUR DIET
Set your dietary preferences once — vegan, vegetarian, palm-oil-free, and more. Every scan flags the ingredients that may conflict, so you are not left reading a wall of unfamiliar chemical names. Myredient points out what to look at; it does not certify that a product fits your diet.

★ SAVED FOR LATER
Every scan is kept in your history, so you can revisit a product or compare options without scanning again.

★ HOW IT WORKS
1. Scan a barcode, or photograph the ingredient label with the camera.
2. Myredient identifies the product and parses its ingredient list.
3. Additives and possible preference conflicts are flagged, each with a plain-language explanation of what it is and what it does.

★ PRIVACY
Your dietary preferences stay on your device, and ingredient matching runs locally. Product information is retrieved from public food databases including Open Food Facts and USDA.

★ WHO IT IS FOR
• Anyone avoiding specific additives, dyes, or preservatives
• Parents checking snacks and drinks for artificial colors
• People following specific diets such as vegan, vegetarian, or palm-oil-free
• Shoppers who want to understand ultra-processed ingredients

What’s new

New in 1.3:
• Faster, more reliable barcode scanning — product info loads quicker and keeps working even when the food database is slow.
• Stability fixes and polish.