FoodSwitch

Make healthier food choices with FoodSwitch. Simply scan a barcode to get its nutrition information and healthier alternatives! # Accredited by ORCHA with a review Score of 75% in 2020 making FoodSwitch app the most trusted source for health app advice Whether you're looking to shop for healthier food, determine calories, avoid gluten, or looking for products low in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugars or salt, FoodSwitch will help you develop healthy habits when grocery shopping. See for yourself why FoodSwitch is the world’s most popular health and fitness app. MAKING HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES IS FAST AND EASY • Barcode Scanner --- Simply scan barcodes to view the nutrition information of packaged food products. Over a million barcodes recognised in our huge database. • Nutrition Tracker --- Information on the nutritional quality of packaged foods. • Nutrient Details --- View Energy, Total fat, Saturated fat, Sugar, Salt content and more. • Healthy Food Choice --- Make healthier food choices based on what you scan. • Health Star Rating mode --- View how healthy your product is overall using stars in Health Star Rating mode. The higher the star rating, the healthier the food is overall. • Traffic Light Labels mode --- View how key components in food rate using colours in Traffic Light Labels mode. Red is high, Green is low and Amber is medium in these food components • Planetary Health Rating --- Helps you learn about how the foods you choose, contribute to greenhouse gas emissions with our simple star rating. The more stars a product has, the less harmful it is to our planet. • Added Sugar --- View estimated added sugar content of your scanned items and make informed decisions when shopping. Wherever possible buy products with no or lower added sugar. MEET YOUR SPECIFIC DIETARY GOALS USING OUR FILTERS • FoodSwitch --- Lists healthier choices based on Health Star Rating. Great for people looking to make overall healthier food choices. • SaltSwitch --- Lists healthier choices with lower amounts of Sodium than the scanned product. Helpful for people concerned about their blood pressure. • GlutenSwitch --- Lists gluten free healthier choices. Helpful for people with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance. • FatSwitch --- Lists healthier choices with lower amounts of Saturated fat than the scanned product. • EnergySwitch --- Lists healthier choices with lower Energy (Kilojoules) to manage energy needs or reduce Kilojoules/Calories. Great for people who want to track calories and find reduced calorie products. • SugarSwitch --- Lists healthier choices having lower amounts of Total sugar than the scanned product. Great for people looking to reduce Total sugar in their diet. MORE FEATURES • With our new purchase tracking feature, you can now calculate the overall health star rating of your shopping basket of food products. The rating that is calculated is an average health star rating based on the number of products in your basket that have a health star rating on pack, or, contain the required nutrition information to determine a health star rating. • Help the community by sharing photos of any items that you are not able to scan and help expand our product database. • Identify products containing Gluten easily. Check out this video. Professor Bruce Neal - Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health talks about the FoodSwitch program and its vision to improve health https://www.georgeinstitute.org/videos/launch-food-the-foodswitch-program FoodSwitch data is used by governments and health organisations around the world. Download the app today for credible and impartial information. FoodSwitch is owned and operated by The George Institute for Global Health. For more information about FoodSwitch and FAQs, please visit http://www.georgeinstitute.org/projects/foodswitch. For our Terms of use, please visit http://www.georgeinstitute.org.au/sites/default/files/foodswitch-terms-of-use.pdf