Sprout: Kids Food Scanner

Scan the barcode. Get a straight answer. Sprout judges packaged food against YOUR child — their exact age, their allergies, their dietary needs — not a generic adult. Point your camera at a barcode and get one of three answers in about a second: fine, occasionally, or avoid. WHY A CHILD NEEDS A DIFFERENT ANSWER • A two-year-old weighs about a fifth of what you do, so the same packet is roughly five times the dose. Our sugar and salt thresholds tighten as the child gets younger. • Six food colours must, in the EU, carry a warning that they "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children". We lead with that instead of burying it. • Some things are a flat no, not a low score. Honey before twelve months. Whole nuts and grapes before five. Rice drinks before five. We block them outright. • Products marketed AT children are the ones parents most need checked — and the ones a generic food scanner is blindest to. WHAT YOU GET • Per-child verdict — age in months, allergies and dietary needs all applied. Change the child, change the answer. • Allergen hard blocks — set an allergy once and we stop you before the score, not after it. • The full reasoning in plain English — additives, processing, added sugar, oils, salt, contamination risk and label clarity, each shown separately with its source cited. • What to buy instead — better options on the same shelf that clear every block for your child, and skip anything they've already refused. • Your safe list — the products you've approved, in one place, to check before the weekly shop instead of re-reading labels. • Share with everyone who shops — partner, grandparents, nanny. Same child, same answers. SPROUT PLUS Scanning and the full verdict are free, every day. Sprout Plus adds what to buy instead, your safe list, unlimited scans and family sharing. Free for 7 days, then $9.99/month or $59.99/year. Cancel any time. HONEST ABOUT LIMITS We read Open Food Facts, an open database. If a product isn't in it, or its label doesn't tell us enough, we say so rather than guessing. Scores are information, not medical advice — talk to your GP or health visitor about your child's diet. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sproutfood.app/privacy