🔎 Free packaged food checker

Is this packaged food okay to eat, or harmful?

Scan the barcode or photograph the label. We check sugar, fat, salt, how processed it is and its additives, then tell you straight: okay to eat, eat occasionally, or harmful if eaten regularly. No app, no signup.

📦Pick up the packet and choose how to check it

No barcode, or it will not scan? Check it from the pack instead.

Sugar, fat and salt

These lights only judge four nutrients to limit. Processing level is checked separately below.

Full nutrition breakdown, with share of a day

Nutrient	Per 100 g / ml	Share of a day	Note

Check a front-of-pack claim (sugar free, high fibre)

Only relevant if the pack makes one of these claims. These are the claims a pack could legally carry at these numbers. A "does not" here only means that claim would not be allowed. It does not mean the pack is making it.

Claim	FSSAI threshold	This product	Verdict

This is an automated check based on the nutrition values provided, using published FSSAI claim thresholds. It is not a lab test and not medical advice. Values may vary from the actual product.

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How we decide if a packaged food is okay to eat

The front of a pack is there to sell. The back of the pack tells you what is actually inside. This checker reads the back, by barcode, photo or typing, and gives one clear answer: okay to eat, eat occasionally, or harmful if eaten regularly. Every answer shows the facts behind it, so you are never asked to just trust a score.

The three checks

🚦Sugar, fat, saturated fat and salt: judged per 100 g for food and per 100 ml for drinks, against the UK Food Standards Agency traffic-light limits. A large serving can also turn a nutrient red. India has not finalised its own front-of-pack scheme yet.
🏭How processed it is: we look for the industrial ingredients and cosmetic additives that the NOVA food classification uses to identify ultra-processed food, such as hydrogenated fat, invert sugar, maltodextrin, colours and emulsifiers.
🧪Additives: every additive is matched against a reference table built from FSSAI, WHO/JECFA, EFSA and IARC reviews, and the ones worth knowing about are explained in plain words.

Why Indian packs need Indian data

The same brand often sells a different recipe in India than it does abroad, different sugar levels, different fortification, different serving sizes, even when the packaging company is the same. A barcode registered outside India can pull up the international version of a product and quietly give you the wrong numbers. When that happens, the checker says so and asks you to photograph the actual panel instead of guessing.

What this cannot tell you

It reads what is printed on the pack. It cannot test what is actually inside the packet. Only a lab can do that. It also does not replace advice from a doctor or dietitian if you have a health condition that affects what you should eat.