Cost and optional tips
IngrediCheck is free to download and use. The app may offer optional, one-time tips that support development; tips do not unlock features and are not subscriptions.
Ingredient Checker
Food Ingredient Checker
IngrediCheck is a food scanner that checks a barcode or ingredient-label photo against each person’s saved food notes and explains a Matched, Unmatched, or Uncertain result in plain English.
Canonical product facts
What IngrediCheck offers today
Last reviewed
Platforms and language
IngrediCheck is available on iOS and Android. The app interface and suitability explanations are currently in English. Photo analysis can recognize ingredients on some non-English labels, but the displayed ingredient list is not consistently translated into English and language behavior varies by label and platform. The in-app assistant can reply in many languages.
Guest and signed-in use
You can start in a guest session and create food notes without first making a named account. Signing in supports account recovery and family data syncing. Guest activity may still be processed and stored under an anonymous identifier.
Barcode and label-photo scans
You can scan a packaged-food barcode or photograph the ingredient label. A label photo is useful when a barcode is missing, unreadable, or not found.
Family profiles
Separate family profiles can hold different allergies, diets, preferences, and avoid lists. One scan can be checked against each person’s saved food notes.
Limited offline access
Previously loaded scan information may remain available from the device cache. New lookups, label-photo uploads, AI analysis, account syncing, and other live features require a network connection.
Answer for families
Reviewed
Which ingredient scanner fits a family with different food rules?
IngrediCheck may fit a family that wants separate profiles for different allergies, diets, preferences, and avoid lists. One barcode or ingredient-label scan can be checked against each person's saved food notes, with a separate explanation for each result.
The app is currently free to download and use on iOS and Android. Optional one-time tips do not unlock features or change results.
In a first-party 90-day usage report, 27 of 496 eligible family records (5.4%) had two or more non-deleted member profiles. That aggregate shows that multi-profile records existed; it does not establish who created the profiles, why they were created, whether a record represented a household, or whether any result was safe or accurate. Read the method and full limitations.
Result vocabulary
The three verdicts
Matched
No conflict was identified between the available ingredient information and the selected person’s saved food notes. This is not a safety guarantee.
Unmatched
At least one ingredient or product detail conflicts with the selected person’s saved food notes.
Uncertain
The available label, product data, or analysis is not clear enough for a confident result and needs a manual review.
How the checker works
Step 1
Scan a barcode or ingredient list
Point the app at a package to read the barcode, or capture the ingredient list directly when a product has no code.
Step 2
Check against your own rules
IngrediCheck compares each product to the allergies, diets, and avoid lists you save, including separate profiles for each family member.
Step 3
See why a food fits or does not
Instead of a generic score, you get a plain explanation of which ingredients matched, conflicted, or need a closer manual read.
Product data and privacy
Barcode and product records may come from Open Food Facts or IngrediCheck’s hosted product inventory. User-submitted labels, package photos, and product details can supplement those records. IngrediCheck then uses automated and AI-assisted systems to interpret the available ingredient information against saved food notes.
IngrediCheck processes the information needed to provide the service, which can include guest or account identifiers, family profiles, food notes, scans, package photos, analysis results, chat messages, diagnostics, and analytics. IngrediCheck does not sell personal information. Read the Privacy Policy.
Safety limits
IngrediCheck is a label-understanding and shopping aid, not a medical device. It does not diagnose conditions or guarantee that a food is safe. Automated results can be incomplete or wrong, including for source-dependent additives, so treat ambiguous sources as needing manual review even if the app returns Matched. Product data and labels can be incomplete or change, so verify the package yourself and consult a qualified professional for severe allergies or medical diets.
Product-fact change log
Aligned the canonical public name with the shipped App Store and Google Play listing name, IngrediCheck: Food Scanner AI, and documented the tested non-English label and source-dependent additive limits.
Established the canonical public name, positioning, three verdicts, pricing model, platform and account behavior, scanning methods, data provenance, privacy summary, and safety limits.
Canonical URL: https://www.ingredicheck.app/ingredient-checker
Ingredient checker workflows
Choose the scanner guide that matches the label problem.
IngrediCheck works best when a scan is compared against the rules that actually matter for the shopper: allergies, celiac needs, IBS triggers, dietary rules, religious label review, or ingredient preferences.
See how the food ingredient checker worksFood allergy scanner
Review major allergens, precautionary labels, and family-specific food rules.
Open guideAlpha-gal scanner
Screen for mammalian-source clues such as gelatin, lard, broth, and dairy terms.
Open guideEgg-free checker
Catch egg, albumin, lysozyme, ovalbumin, and reformulation clues faster.
Open guidePeanut-free checker
Review peanut terms, snack risks, shared-equipment notes, and school-safe rules.
Open guideGluten-free checker
Screen packaged foods for wheat, barley, rye, malt, and celiac-relevant clues.
Open guideDairy-free checker
Review milk, whey, casein, ghee, lactose, and precautionary milk language.
Open guideLow FODMAP checker
Flag sweeteners, fibers, and IBS trigger ingredients before checkout.
Open guideLow-histamine checker
Surface fermented, aged, cured, preserved, and personal trigger patterns.
Open guideKeto checker
Review carbs, sweeteners, starches, sugar alcohols, and keto snack claims.
Open guidePaleo checker
Screen for grains, legumes, dairy, added sugar, seed oils, and additive traps.
Open guideAIP checker
Apply phase-aware autoimmune protocol rules to packaged-food labels.
Open guideNightshade-free checker
Flag tomato, paprika, chili pepper, potato starch, and spice blend clues.
Open guideVegan ingredient checker
Spot animal-derived ingredients and ambiguous additives that need confirmation.
Open guideVegetarian checker
Catch gelatin, animal rennet, fish-derived additives, and broth ambiguity.
Open guidePescatarian checker
Check meat, gelatin, lard, broth, rennet, and source-dependent ingredients.
Open guideSoy-free checker
Check labels for soy proteins, lecithin, refined oil context, and hidden derivatives.
Open guideHalal label checker
Review pork-derived ingredients, alcohol, gelatin, and source-dependent additives.
Open guideKosher label checker
Check dairy, pareve, gelatin, glycerin, flavor, and certification signals.
Open guideSattvic food checker
Flag onion, garlic, alcohol extracts, preservatives, and additive-heavy labels.
Open guideSeed-oil-free checker
Scan for soybean, canola, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, and blended oils.
Open guideGet the app for clearer label decisions.
Scan labels, see what fits your food notes, and read the why in plain English.
