Myredient: Ingredient Scanner

Myredient tells you what is actually in your food. Scan a product barcode or photograph an ingredient label, and Myredient breaks down every additive and ingredient inside — filtered to the dietary preferences you set.

★ WHAT MYREDIENT FLAGS

Myredient cross-references each ingredient against a curated database of food additives and E-numbers, plus entries for oils and industrial sweeteners. It surfaces:

• Artificial colors such as Red 40, Yellow 5, and titanium dioxide

• Preservatives including sodium benzoate, sulfites, nitrites, and parabens

• Flavor enhancers and sweeteners such as MSG, aspartame, sucralose, high-fructose corn syrup, and maltodextrin

• Emulsifiers and thickeners such as carrageenan and lecithins

• Refined seed and hydrogenated oils

★ REGULATED DIFFERENTLY AROUND THE WORLD

For each additive, Myredient shows how official regulators treat it — permitted, allowed only under specific conditions (a maximum level or a mandatory warning), or banned — across the United States, European Union, Canada, and Japan. Each status comes straight from the regulators' own registers: the EU additives register (Regulation 1333/2008), the US FDA's Substances Added to Food, Health Canada's permitted-additive lists, and Japan's MHLW lists. Every flag cites its source — you see the facts, not a score.

★ FLAGGED FOR YOUR DIET

Set your dietary preferences once — vegan, vegetarian, palm-oil-free, and more. Every scan flags the ingredients that may conflict, so you are not left reading a wall of unfamiliar chemical names. Myredient points out what to look at; it does not certify that a product fits your diet.

★ SAVED FOR LATER

Every scan is kept in your history, so you can revisit a product or compare options without scanning again.

★ HOW IT WORKS

1. Scan a barcode, or photograph the ingredient label with the camera.

2. Myredient identifies the product and parses its ingredient list.

3. Additives and possible preference conflicts are flagged, each with a plain-language explanation of what it is and what it does.

★ PRIVACY

Your dietary preferences stay on your device, and ingredient matching runs locally. Product information is retrieved from public food databases including Open Food Facts and USDA.

★ WHO IT IS FOR

• Anyone avoiding specific additives, dyes, or preservatives

• Parents checking snacks and drinks for artificial colors

• People following specific diets such as vegan, vegetarian, or palm-oil-free

• Shoppers who want to understand ultra-processed ingredients