bubu

Scan any food

A barcode food scanner that checks additives, ultra-processing, added sugar, salt, palm oil and seed oils against your diet.

In the store

Scan the barcode, get the verdict

Point your iPhone at any packaged food. Bubu reads the label so you don't have to.

  1. Point at the barcode
    Packaged food from UK, EU and US shelves, supermarket own-brands included.
  2. One verdict, not a score
    Good fit, Heads up or Skip this, judged against your own rules. No 0 to 100 number to decode.
  3. Every flag, explained
    Added sugar, salt and saturated fat per 100 g with the threshold that tripped. NOVA processing group. Palm oil and seed oils named.
Your diet

Set your rules

Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, palm-oil free, seed-oil free. Add goals for lower sugar, lower salt or less processed food. Every scan is judged against your rules, and a filter miss is the first thing you see.

Bubu settings: diet filters for vegan, vegetarian, palm oil, seed oil and gluten, plus sugar, salt and processing goals
Additives

Know what E407 is

Every additive is risk-graded, so you see which E-numbers matter and which are harmless. Tap one for what it does, the acceptable daily intake EFSA has set, who is most exposed, and the source behind it.

Bubu additive detail for E407 carrageenan with EFSA acceptable daily intake
Ultra-processed food

See how processed it is

The NOVA processing group, the ingredient count and the added sugar, salt and saturated fat per 100 g, each with the line it crossed. A 'natural' label on the front does not change the verdict.

Bubu result screen showing NOVA processing group, a 34-ingredient list and the additives it contains
History

Every scan, kept

Verdicts, dates and scan counts in one list. Compare brands of the same product and re-check the ones you keep buying.

Bubu history list of scanned products with Good fit and Skip verdicts