Trash Panda - Food Scanner

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3.7
294 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Trash Panda is a food scanner app that helps you easily uncover hidden additives and harmful ingredients in your food and find healthier alternatives.

You can transform your family’s health with Trash Panda’s food scanner by taking control of what goes in your body - avoiding harmful additives and ultra-processed food. Finding healthy options and avoiding additives like seed oils, food dyes, and artificial sweeteners is made simple with Trash Panda’s intuitive food scanner.

With information backed by science and an app created by a certified nutritionist , you can trust that Trash Panda is 100% independent. We are an independent company, which means we are not affiliated or influenced by any brand or corporation.

HOW TRASH PANDA’S FOOD SCANNER WORKS

Scan Any Barcode – Instantly analyze food labels and discover ingredients that could harm your health. Our powerful food scanner helps you uncover hidden additives, allergens, and toxins in seconds.

Tap Any Ingredient – Learn exactly what each ingredient means and how it impacts your body, backed by trusted scientific research and data. Gain real transparency into what you’re eating.

Find Clean, Healthy Alternatives – When a product contains flagged or risky ingredients and additives, Trash Panda instantly recommends safer, toxin-free, and cleaner options so you can shop smarter and eat better.

Feel the Difference – Make healthy swaps, reduce exposure to harmful additives, and experience how clean eating can improve your energy, mood, and overall wellness with the Trash Panda food scanner app

KEY FEATURES

Scanner- Instantly scan any barcode to reveal what’s really inside your food. See every ingredient, detect hidden additives, and uncover potentially harmful chemicals or allergens. If we don’t have a barcode in our system, you can easily take a picture of the ingredients to find out what’s in it!

Search- No barcode? No problem. Search thousands of foods in our database to get instant info on ingredients, additives, and nutrition.

Lists- Shop with confidence using shopping lists. Each list features recommended clean, healthy, and toxin-free products hand-picked to make grocery trips faster, easier, and stress-free.

Save- Love a product? Save it to your personal shopping list so you can easily repurchase your clean favorites.

Better Options- When a scan reveals unhealthy or flagged ingredients, find safer, cleaner alternatives instantly. Discover new toxin-free, seed-oil-free, and allergy-friendly options that fit your lifestyle.

Dietary Preferences- Navigating the grocery store with food allergies or dietary restrictions can be tough. When you set your dietary restrictions in the app, we flag any product that contains ingredients you need to avoid! You’ll be able to easily avoid allergens like soy, egg, dairy and gluten!

BENEFITS OF USING TRASH PANDA’S FOOD SCANNER

Feel Better Every Day-Boost your energy, mood, and overall wellness by eating more natural, clean, and nutrient-rich foods that support a healthy lifestyle.

Shop Smarter & With Confidence-Instantly know what’s really in your food. Trash Panda helps you avoid harmful additives, seed oils, and synthetic ingredients, so every grocery trip feels stress-free.

Protect What Matters Most-Keep your family and loved ones safe from hidden toxins, allergens, and questionable ingredients. Eat clean, live better, and make informed choices backed by science.

DOWNLOAD TRASH PANDA TODAY

Trash Panda is free to download and use. To access even more features, we offer a premium subscription that unlocks unlimited scans, ingredient search, a database of shopping lists and more to help you reach your full potential.

Join the other happy users switching from food scanners like Yuka, Bobby Approved, and Olive and find your good! Unlike other food scanners, we are 100% independent, US based and ingredient focused!

Subscription Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Updated on
Dec 14, 2025

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, Photos and videos and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.7
290 reviews
Jill Moroson
December 18, 2025
as someone who is health conscious and reads labels, app useful as time saver. however, explanations are vague as in "(this seed oil) may be harmful" What I like are the longer articles explaining how seed oils harmful when i have time and can find them. i dont know if they keep info current. there are products not in their data bank. dont know if they are continually adding. great concept tho.
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Slytrunk
December 23, 2025
Hi Jill, thanks so much for your feedback. You can tap on any ingredient to read more, and see the links we have to scientific studies for deeper research. We are updating our database consistently as well, but you can snap a photo of ingredients if the barcode isn't available. If you have more feedback pls let us know at support@trashpandaapp.com.
Peter Epperson
October 23, 2025
used to be a great app, now it does not work. scanner takes about 5 minutes to populate, by that time I'm out of the grocery store. if you scan ingredients there's nowhere to upload the picture. how do I get my money back for my annual payment?!?!
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Slytrunk
October 29, 2025
Oh no! We sincerely apologize for the troubles you've had with the app. We'd be happy to take a look into this for you, please contact us at support@trashpandaapp.com. Thank you.
Kristen Ackerman
July 25, 2025
I used to love this app until it got to the point where I can no longer use it. Tried to uninstall and reinstall and now I can't even log in. So now, I'm paying for an annual subscription for an app that I can't currently use. Not sure what happened. All the other apps on my phone work fine.
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Slytrunk
August 14, 2025
Hi Kristen, I'm so sorry you're having trouble with the app. can you please reach out to us at support@trashpandaapp.com so we can help?

What’s new

We update the Trash Panda app frequently to ensure the best experience. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at support@trashpandaapp.com!