Spoonful: Diet & Food Scanner
What is Spoonful?
Spoonful is a food scanner for people with dietary needs such as IBS, celiac disease, food allergies, or a plant-based lifestyle. Users scan a barcode or take a photo of a product and receive a green, yellow, or red result on whether it suits their diet. The listing also says the app suggests substitutes when a product does not fit and includes product reviews from other users.
Pricing. Spoonful: Diet & Food Scanner is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Checking packaged foods for gluten or cross-contact risks
- Following a low FODMAP elimination or reintroduction phase
- Finding substitutes for products that do not fit your diet while shopping
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Why this app is in A tier
Spoonful scores 84 out of 100: rating 92, rating count 74, App Store search rank 71, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
Eat with confidence. Scan any food in seconds. Spoonful is the food scanner built for people with real dietary needs - whether you're managing IBS, celiac disease, food allergies, or following a plant-based lifestyle. Just scan a barcode or snap a photo, and Spoonful instantly tells you if a product is safe for your diet. No more squinting at ingredient labels. No more guesswork at the grocery store. -- SCAN ANY PRODUCT INSTANTLY Point your camera at a barcode and get a clear green, yellow, or red result in seconds. Spoonful analyzes not just the obvious ingredients - but the hidden ones too. LOW FODMAP Get simple traffic-light results based on a product's FODMAP content. Supports all phases - elimination, reintroduction, and personalization - and reviewed by Monash-trained dietitians who manage IBS for thousands of patients. GLUTEN FREE Detects both obvious and hidden gluten ingredients in packaged foods, including potential cross-contact risks like oats. Reviewed by dietitians who personally live with celiac disease. ALLERGEN SCANNER Covers milk, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, and eggs. Goes beyond the label to flag cross-contact risks that other apps miss
Compare in Food Scanning
| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | A | A | A |
| Score | 84 / 100 | 84 / 100 | 83 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.6 ★ | 4.7 ★ | 4.0 ★ |
| Ratings | 1.9K | 6.1K | 125 |
| Last update | 3d ago | 7d ago | 2d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free + IAP | Free + IAP |
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Questions about Spoonful
Which diets and allergens does it cover?
The listing covers low FODMAP, gluten free, and plant-based options for vegan, vegetarian, and pescatarian diets. It also scans for milk, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, and eggs.
How do I scan a product?
Point the camera at a barcode or take a photo of the product. The app then shows a green, yellow, or red result for your diet.
Who reviews the results?
The listing says low FODMAP results are reviewed by Monash-trained dietitians, gluten free results by dietitians who live with celiac disease, and plant-based results by plant-based dietitians.
Is Spoonful free?
Spoonful is free to download.
What is Spoonful good for?
Spoonful is built for checking packaged foods for gluten or cross-contact risks, following a low FODMAP elimination or reintroduction phase, finding substitutes for products that do not fit your diet while shopping. It sits in the food scanning list on AppTierList.
Is Spoonful worth it?
Spoonful is A tier, ranked #15 of 40 food scanning apps with a score of 84 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 1,859 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 14 apps rank above it.
How does Spoonful compare to Virtuafood?
Spoonful is A tier at 84; Virtuafood is A tier at 84. They score the same. Spoonful is free to download, Virtuafood is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Spoonful updated?
Spoonful was updated 3 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- Lists
- Food Scanning (A tier, #15) · Ingredient Scanning (C tier, #12)
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 84 / 100
- Rank in list
- #15 of 40
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 1,859
- Current version
- (3 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Health & Fitness
- Good for
- Checking packaged foods for gluten or cross-contact risks, Following a low FODMAP elimination or reintroduction phase, Finding substitutes for products that do not fit your diet while shopping
- Requires
- iOS 16.4 or later
- Size
- 64 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
App Store data read · ranking · how it is computed