- Features
- Ingredients Scan
Ingredients Scan
Point your camera at a barcode and Zaad shows what the ingredients list contains, in plain words, so you know what to look into.
Flags are a starting point, not a verdict. This is not a halal certification: always check for a trusted halal logo. Not for allergies.
Three plain flags
Zaad reads the ingredients and E-numbers and groups what it finds. Flags are told apart by shape and words, never by red or green.
When nothing matches, Zaad says “No flagged ingredients found”: nothing on our list, which is still not a certification.
Fast, private and free
- The barcode scan is free for everyone.
- Only the barcode number is sent, to Open Food Facts, a free and open food database. Nothing about you is sent.
- Recent scans are kept on your phone, so you can look again later.
- With Zaad Plus, photo mode reads an ingredients label on the phone when a product has no barcode match. Photos are never uploaded.
- Spot a mistake? “Report a mistake” opens your email with the details filled in.
What Scan is not. Zaad shows what an ingredients list contains. It is not a halal certification and it does not replace the label or the manufacturer: always check for a trusted halal logo. Product data comes from Open Food Facts contributors and can be incomplete. Scan is not for allergies.