NHS Food Scanner
Bring the sugar, sat fat and salt to life and really see inside your food.
Public Health England · com.phe.c4lfoodsmart
UpdatedSep 4, 2025
PublishedJan 30, 2022
Packagecom.phe.c4lfoodsmart
MD5f5be420439765843c9daf91ffa446033
SHA1 (signer)B0:ED:50:C5:63:EC:F1:CC:81:43:A4:27:AF:20:DC:0D:05:8A:4D:67
Signed byCN=bastien, OU=cojan, O=imano, L=london, ST=london, C=UK
Architecturesarmeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a
Malware scanTRUSTED
Contact[email protected]
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What's new
We are continually looking to improve your experience. This update contains under the hood improvements and bug fixes. You may also notice some minor design tweaks to improve accessibility and subtle font updates across the app.
Description
Ever wondered how much sugar is in your favourite cola or how much salt is in your sauce you are adding to your meals? Find out and discover healthier choices with the NHS Food Scanner app!
So it's time to get scanning! Just find a food or drink barcode or use the in-app search functionality to quickly reveal what's inside. You might be surprised by what you find!
Be amazed with the Augmented Reality within the app that brings to life the sugar, sat fat and salt in your food and drink right in front of your eyes!
The app is based on the most widespread data available to us. We're continuously working to improve it and we're adding more and more products all the time. The nutrient data in this app has been supplied and check by our partners at Brandbank and Food Switch and is updated weekly.
The number of sugar cubes, sat fat and salt sachets shown in app are based on grams per pack/100g/ml/portion when that information is available.
The weight of one sugar cube is equal to 4 grams
The weight on one sat fat lump is equal to 1 gram
The weight of one salt sachet is equal to 0.5 grams
It's now time to get Scanning!
So it's time to get scanning! Just find a food or drink barcode or use the in-app search functionality to quickly reveal what's inside. You might be surprised by what you find!
Be amazed with the Augmented Reality within the app that brings to life the sugar, sat fat and salt in your food and drink right in front of your eyes!
The app is based on the most widespread data available to us. We're continuously working to improve it and we're adding more and more products all the time. The nutrient data in this app has been supplied and check by our partners at Brandbank and Food Switch and is updated weekly.
The number of sugar cubes, sat fat and salt sachets shown in app are based on grams per pack/100g/ml/portion when that information is available.
The weight of one sugar cube is equal to 4 grams
The weight on one sat fat lump is equal to 1 gram
The weight of one salt sachet is equal to 0.5 grams
It's now time to get Scanning!
Permissions (11)
NHS Food Scanner requests the following Android permissions:
- Access Adservices Ad Id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
- Access Adservices Attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
- Access Network State android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- Camera android.permission.CAMERA
- Internet android.permission.INTERNET
- Post Notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- Receive Boot Completed android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- Wake Lock android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Finsky Permission Bind Get Install Referrer Service com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Gms Permission Ad Id com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
- Com Phe C4lfoodsmart Dynamic Receiver Not Exported Permission com.phe.c4lfoodsmart.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
