Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yuka, the popular food-scanning app — which has become a go-to resource for 15 million Americans and one in three people in France ...

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As consumers refer to wellness apps for a second opinion, food and drink brands now bear a new responsibility: they need to tailor their ingredients to suit the ‘scan economy’.

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 free Yuka app uncovers the dangerous ingredients lurking in foods and cosmetics. I wish it said "yuck" every time it gave a bad rating. Thanks to Yuka, I decided not to buy Mission's "Carb Balance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yuka allows users to scan the barcodes of food or cosmetics and instantly receive a rating from zero to 100 based on three factors ...

The Yuka app allows users to scan bar codes of food and personal care items — in grocery stores and at home — and then offers a score out of 100 for how “healthy” it thinks the item is for you or the ...