Dr. Berg's Junk Food Meter

Eric Berg

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About this app

Dr. Berg's Junk Food Meter is your ultimate companion for making healthier food choices. This free mobile app lets you scan the barcodes of packaged food items to uncover hidden ultra-processed ingredients instantly.

With a detailed analysis, it highlights how starches, seed oils, and sugars contribute to the overall macronutrient composition of fats, carbs, and protein on the nutrition label, and assigns each product with a clear Junk Food Score to help you determine whether it’s truly junk—or a healthy choice!

By downloading and using THE JUNK FOOD METER, you agree to the following terms: You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable license, as shown in detail at https://www.drberg.com/legal/junk-food-meter-eula to install and use the software on a single device for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not modify, distribute, or reverse engineer the software. The software is provided 'as is' with no warranties, and the provider(s) and creator(s) of the application shall not be liable for any damages arising from its use. You agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations when using the software. By clicking 'Accept,' you signify your agreement to these terms and the End User License Agreement.

Ratings and reviews

Undoubteldly glitchy, technically speaking, but the deal breaker is lack of accuracy, in other words, bias, ei: 1 gr of fiber, considers it to be 1 gr. of sugar. It is healthy fiber, not intrinsic or added sugar. Or, Organic is not the same as processed commercial lowest quality with added ingredients. It is still worth while to play around with it for a while, just to see what it says... That is why it gets a 3, instead of a 1 star.

Does currently crash when scanning an item, but if you close and relaunch the app item will show in the history. This though, does prevent taking photos of the ingredients and nutrition info for items not yet in the database. Even with that annoyance, it's very helpful to figure out what "junk" you're eating. Would also be great if clicking on an ingredient gives a description of what it is and why it’s bad for you.

I'm super excited about this download. Thank you, Dr. Berg. I scanned 7 of my current go-to food items. Scanning was easy. All 7 of my food items, nutrition & ingredients, were not available, so I took a picture of that info to be entered & calculated. It was great to see a score of the food I have been consuming. Unfortunately, the ingredients listed in the app for all 7 of the food items I scanned did not match the original items. The food item name only showed up for 1 of 7 items I scanned.

What’s new

- Fixing issues and optimizing user experience.