Foodeye app

An app for people wanting to make informed choices about what you are buying at the supermarket.

Note: This app appears to no longer be available in the New Zealand app stores.
Foodeye app By Image in Space
Foodeye icon Features
  • Barcode scanner
  • Food database

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Security and privacy Does the app:
  • collect medical information? Yes
  • require a login? No
  • have password protection? No
  • have a privacy policy? Yes
  • require internet access? Yes
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Cost Free

What does the app do?

Foodeye is a mobile phone app that allows you to access food information: ingredients, nutrition information, nutrition claims and allergen warnings.

You can add or delete food products from your comparison list, which is saved in your online profile for future use. You can search for the product by scanning the barcode or search by name, brand or category. You can exclude products with certain ingredients (like peanuts) from your search. For a more detailed description of the app, see App website for a detailed review, see Reviews.

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Pros

Cons

✔  New Zealand-based food database. 

✔  Large easy-to-read images – clearer than reading labels on food packages.

✔  Barcode scanning and extensive search categories.

✔ Can search for foods using an ‘exclude ingredient’ filter that is useful for those with allergies or intolerances.

✔ Can compare products.

✔ Nutrition information given for serving size and 100g/mL.

✘  Foods are compared one nutrient at a time, rather than looking at the item as a whole. This can be misleading, eg, a product low in fat may be high in sugar but this is not immediately obvious. 

✘ Certain foods appear first in searches for no particular reason.

✘ Minimal instructions for use.

✘ Extensive terms and conditions before log-in that may be off-putting to some people and that requires a higher level of literacy to understand. 
 

Review details

  • June 2020: Version: 1.5, Android
  • June 2016: Version: 1.1.2, Android
App developer
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