# Spoonful: Diet & Food Scanner

> FODMAP, Gluten, Vegan & More!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1481914232](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1481914232)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1481914232`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Spoonful Inc.
- **Category:** Health & Fitness
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (1,826 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.45.63
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-18
- **First published:** 2019-10-10
- **Size:** 64 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spoonful-diet-food-scanner/id1481914232)
- **Website:** [https://spoonfulapp.com](https://spoonfulapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://spoonfulapp.com/privacy-policy/](https://spoonfulapp.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Spoonful** helps you shop with confidence by scanning barcodes or taking photos of food products. Get clear traffic-light results for low FODMAP, gluten-free, allergen-friendly, vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian diets, including hidden ingredients and potential cross-contact risks.

When a product doesn’t fit your needs, Spoonful suggests popular alternatives based on taste and community feedback. Browse products reviewed by people managing IBS, celiac disease, food allergies, and plant-based lifestyles—all in one convenient food scanner.

## Rankings

- #42,344 — Overall
- #17 — spoon

## Review summary

Users broadly praise Spoonful as a helpful, easy-to-use tool that speeds shopping and supports diverse dietary needs, but reliability concerns persist. Key recurring issues are data accuracy (especially FODMAP labeling and allergy notes), incomplete product coverage, confusing billing practices, and occasional scanning glitches that disrupt use.

### Pros

- Helpful for managing a variety of dietary restrictions (FODMAP, gluten-free, celiac, allergies, alpha-gal) and related conditions.
- User-friendly and fast to scan, delivering immediate results.
- Saves time by reducing the need to read long ingredient lists and helps quick decision-making.
- Allows quick addition of new products to keep the database up to date.

### Cons

- Data accuracy and reliability concerns, especially around FODMAP labeling and allergen detection.
- Subscription model and billing friction, including frequent prompts to start a trial and potential double billing.
- Incomplete product coverage and occasional false negatives or missing gluten-free indicators.
- Intermittent scanning reliability issues that disrupt shopping (sometimes requiring re-purchases or restarting).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1481914232)