Open Food Facts

Name: Open Food Facts
Rating: 4.12 (6457 reviews)
Author: Open Food Facts

Scan barcodes to get Nutri-Score v2, Ultra-Processed (NOVA) & Carbon impact

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Open Food Facts Chrome Extension

Open Food Facts empowers users to scan barcodes and instantly access detailed data on over 3 million food products. Key features include Nutri-Score v2 for nutritional quality, NOVA groups highlighting ultra-processed foods, and carbon impact information helping you make informed, healthier food choices.

This privacy-centric, open-source app also supports barcode lookup without a camera, allergen alerts, price transparency to track food costs, and an active community contributing collaboratively to a free, open food database. Backed by scientific research and designed for accessibility, Open Food Facts is your guide to decoding food labels and promoting global food transparency.

App Health & Fitness Food & Drink Privacy & Security Education Open Source

By:

Open Food Facts

Downloads:

2,241,575 8.30K

Rating:

4.12

(6,457) 12 new ratings

Version:

4.19.0 Last updated: 2025-05-17

Version code:

1461

Creation date:

2012-09-17

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.CAMERA
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
org.openfoodfacts.scanner.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

84.72MB

Email:

mo*****@openfoodfacts.org

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 37,225 ▲ 65

Other rankings

#16 in product keyword 18 ▼ 1 #24 in fact keyword 10 ▼ 2

User reviews

Users appreciate the app's concept and usefulness in analyzing food labels and nutrition, highlighting its open-source nature and community contributions. However, many find the user interface confusing and difficult to navigate. There are frequent complaints about the limited product database, causing many scans to fail. Contributing data is reported as tedious and buggy, with several technical issues and instability. Privacy concerns arise due to unexpected data transmission even after disabling settings. Overall, the app has strong potential but requires significant UI improvements and database expansion to be truly effective.

Pros

Helpful for reading and analyzing product labels and nutrition information.
Open source and community-sourced database allows users to contribute data.
Great idea and useful project for healthier grocery shopping.
Ability to compare products within the same category.
Useful features like grocery lists available in the app.

Cons

UI is confusing, complicated, and difficult to navigate, making the app hard to use.
Many users report that scanning products often results in 'barcode not found' due to limited database coverage.
Adding or editing product information is tedious, buggy, and sometimes fails without clear feedback.
App is unstable with bugs such as issues setting country, crashes, or features disappearing after redesign.
Privacy concerns due to app sending data despite disabling analytics or anonymous data options.

Recent reviews

Wish you could hide the vegan and vegetarian scores. It's not relevant to me, uninstalled.

A *****, 2025-01-25

Hasn't found anything that i've scanned in the database and i've tried different stuff candies, coffee, oil and etc. Adding into database is manual which is weird considering the number of AI products or OCR which would automatically input all the data for you based on a photo