Know what's in your food before the first bite.

Scan a barcode and MEBA Scan tells you in seconds if it's right for your family: allergies, fasting, vegan, gluten-free, recalls and a simple health score.

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Three seconds in the grocery aisle

No more squinting at tiny print with a cart in one hand and a child in the other.

Tell us what to avoid

Choose your allergies and the way you eat. It takes a minute, once.

Scan the barcode

Point your camera at any product. No barcode? Take a photo of the ingredient list.

Get a clear answer

Green, yellow or red, with the reason in plain words.

The MEBA logo: a white letter B with a bite taken out of it and a barcode inside

Why MEBA Scan

Our son is very sensitive to food allergies. For our family, buying food was never simple. Every package had to be turned over, every ingredient read, every "may contain" line checked, and checked again.

So we built something for ourselves: point the phone at a barcode and know right away whether a food is safe for him.

We have used it as a family for a year now. It made shopping calmer, and it gave us more confidence in what we put on the table.

Then we thought about all the other parents standing in the same aisle, reading the same small print. So we decided to make it available to everyone. If it helps one more family feel safe, it was worth building.

The family behind MEBA Scan

One scan, everything that matters

Your family's needs are different from anyone else's. MEBA Scan checks each product against yours.

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Allergies

14 allergens, including the FDA's major 9, plus "may contain" and "made on shared equipment" warnings.

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Recalls

Every scan is checked against FDA recall reports, and we alert you if something you scanned before is recalled.

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Fasting ጾም

No dairy, eggs, meat or fish, and none of the hidden by-products like gelatin or whey.

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Vegan

Animal ingredients and by-products, with the reason shown.

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Gluten-free

Wheat, barley, rye and malt, plus oats that don't carry a gluten-free label.

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Nutrition

Calories, protein, sugar, sodium and more, per serving, the way the label shows them.

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Label photo

No barcode, or a store-made product? Photograph the ingredient list. It's read on your phone.

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Organic, GMO, BPA

What the pack claims and what the ingredients suggest, at a glance.

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Medicines and more

Inactive ingredients in US medicines, such as lactose, gelatin or wheat starch.

A health score you can understand

Every food gets a score out of 100 from its nutrition, its additives and whether it's organic. Additives are explained in plain words, so you know what calcium propionate is and why it's there.

Good60 to 100
Moderate35 to 59
High riskBelow 35, or any high-risk additive

Our promise to families

We built this for our own child first. That's how we treat your data too.

  • No ads based on your healthYour allergies are never used for advertising.
  • We never sell your dataYou can delete your account and everything in it at any time.
  • Honest about limitsProduct data can be incomplete, so we say when we don't know. Always read the label.

Shop with confidence

Try it on the next product in your kitchen.

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