Food barcode scanner apps such as the French-made Yuka that provide nutritional ratings based on a products' ingredients are soaring in popularity, empowering consumers and prompting the food industry ...

Big food brands are bellyaching over consumers’ use of food scanning apps to vet the healthiness of their products, according to a Sunday article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Zooming in on one ...

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The Yuka scanning app founded to help consumers better understand the health benefits of food and personal care products is campaigning for a ban on aspartame Yuka is calling time on sweetener ...

Food apps can help you figure out what's in your food and whether it's nutritious. Just scan the barcode on the packet with your phone. But... Using an app to rate food for nutrition? Take the results ...

Anyone who is remotely health conscious will know the feeling of standing in a supermarket aisle, scrutinising the nutritional label of a potential snack, or googling “is xanthan gum bad for you?” It ...

Experts say that apps and influencers can empower consumers, but they can also mislead or oversimplify complex issues when it comes to health and nutrition. (Photo Illustration: Carl Godfrey for Yahoo ...

Food apps that rate the healthfulness of packaged foods have become increasingly popular. You can scan a food package with your phone camera and the app will rank it for its nutritional content. Some ...