# Gluten Free Scanner UK coeliac — GF healthy diet - food checker > UK gluten-free food scanner using barcode recognition and a comprehensive database. (iPhone/iPad app by Lluis Guiu.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gluten-free-scanner-uk-coeliac/id1124418412 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Lluis Guiu](https://appshunter.io/developer/933315895) - Category: Health & Fitness, Food & Drink - Price: Free - Rating: 3.71/5 from 312 App Store ratings · 20 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 19 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2016-06-18 - Data updated: 2026-08-20 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gluten-free-scanner-uk-coeliac/id1124418412/reviews.md ## What is Gluten Free Scanner UK coeliac? Enjoy the Gluten Free living with the best app. It works simply and fast, using your iPhone camera to scan the barcodes of the products you buy. We maintain up-to-date the largest database of Gluten Free foods and drinks in the UK, over 150,000+ products and growing. Our team of registered dietitians and researchers take care of the accuracy of our database. YOU DON’T NEED TO REGISTER TO SCAN PRODUCTS #1 GLUTEN FREE APP on the USA App Store, now available in the UK! - Without annoying ads ** USER REVIEWS ** - Deborah Hurd: "A family member was recently diagnosed with coeliac disease and this app has been a lifesaver" - John Humeniuk: "Simple to use and extremely helpful. I used this app to check on products as we grocery shopped and found it to be an invaluable resource" Full Version Features: · SEARCH by Product Name, Brand or Category · The “DISCOVER GLUTEN FREE” option is a great way to discover your new gluten free favorites! · DINING CARD / TRAVEL CARDS, to eat safely in restaurants domestically and abroad · SEARCHABLE LIST OF SAFE/UNSAFE INGREDIENTS We have plans for new features in the future and always welcome your suggestions. Note: This app only works in the UK. Terms of use: http://scanglutenfree.com/eula_uk ## Key features - Barcode scanning for gluten-free status - Extensive UK gluten-free product database - Search by product name, brand, or category - Discover new gluten-free favorites - Dining and travel cards for safe eating - Searchable list of safe/unsafe ingredients ## Recent user reviews (10 of 20) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gluten-free-scanner-uk-coeliac/id1124418412/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Good idea poorly executed *2021-08-08* The app had so much potential in theory- if only it worked. Out of 8 products scanned they didn’t recognise 7 - and these are not obscure items. The one item they did recognise was cathedral city cheese which the app said contains gluten. I checked on the cathedral city website and they say their products do not contain gluten. So even the one product it found was inaccurate. The developers say they have 150,000 items stored in their database, this apparently is just not enough. Last thing - why do you make it so difficult for us to report an item to you for you to better improve the app. Why do you need my name email etc, surely just sending the product barcode to you is enough for the item to be added? No need to make things complicated and put people off helping improve ur app. In a nut shell the app is rubbish **Developer response:** Leave Feeback is very easy, please use it. Unlike other apps, you don’t need to login every time you open our app. We need your email to reply the users who need technical assistance or ask for more information. On another hand, the website of Cathedral City can be useful but the law requires to put the “Gluten Free” label on the packaging of every product 🙂 Thanks in advance! ### 4/5 — Life saver *2021-01-31* A great app I stumbled across it after a year and a half of problems Intaking gluten containing foods , countless episodes of diahorea, stomach pains and bloating and forever checking ingredients lists in supermarkets, last night was one episode too many and after looking up the ingredients of last night’s dinner online heard about a food scanning app and found this one on the App Store what a life saver no checking ingredients lists again and can feel safe in what I buy and eat I only gave 4 stars as it doesn’t recognise barcodes of some popular products other than that great app will keep using ### 3/5 — Seriously? *2021-01-29* Used it to go through the food in my fridge. Out of 12 items it recognised 1! It didn’t even recognise Philadelphia Cheese ffs! Seems to me that they’ve brought it to the UK from the US but forgot to update the database to UK foods. Update: the developers contacted me regarding my review and, and to be honest, were very professional in explaining the current situation with the app. I have therefore updated my review to reflect their professionalism. App is still not great but I guess it will improve with time. **Developer response:** We have items of Philadelphia, but not all. The free app is completely functional, please scan more products 🙂 Our database contains over 150,000 unique food products commonly found in the UK stores. We are adding new products daily. After scan a product not recognized, please use the "Leave Feedback" button. We will receive automatically the barcode number and we will try to check. Thanks in advance! ### 2/5 — Baffled... *2020-11-21* I've recently joined Coeliac UK. I thought the membership included the app, but the app keeps asking me to buy the full version - but doesn't seem to explain what the full version gives you that the free version doesn't. Does the full version recognise more products? So far, most things I've tried to find out about have not been recognised. The ones that have been recognised, all say "gluten-free" on their packaging anyway, so an app is not actually needed - I was just trying to find something the app would recognise. Plus there's another free app from Coeliac UK which I haven't tried. What is the difference between the three versions (two free and one paid)? Edit (response to Developer): Apologies for getting your app confused with the Coeliac UK offerings. I've deleted both anyway, as I find most GF foods nowadays are already labelled "Gluten Free" very prominently, and often are all shelved together in a dedicated GF or Free From section in supermarkets. **Developer response:** Our app doesn't have any kind of relationship with the Coeliac UK Foundation. ### 4/5 — Didn’t some things, but great customer support 👍 *2020-10-28* Great concept and and it knew a few items. The ones it didn’t know, you can click “send feedback” and it sends the company the barcode to update the system. **Developer response:** The free app is completely functional, please scan more products 🙂 Our database contains over 150,000 unique food products commonly found in the UK stores. We are adding new products daily. After scan a product not recognized, please use the "Leave Feedback" button. We will receive automatically the barcode number and we will try to check. Thanks in advance! ### 2/5 — No UK products *2020-09-20* I wish I had known when buying this App That it hardly recognises any food products in UK - a total waste of money to be honest with you Thanks for responding to my review above but I have tried every time I go shopping and it has nothing in the shops in Asda or Tesco the two biggest supermarket chains in the UK - I wish you stayed that it was a US product and that it really does Not work in the UK **Developer response:** If you try the option of search, you'll see that we've tens of thousands of products of Tesco and Asda in our database. Please try the SEARCH (by Product Name, Brand or Category, over 150,000 UK products (85,000 Gluten-Free/Suitable). The question is there is no way to get every single product available in the UK in our database. Every product can have associated a lot of different barcode numbers, so it's very difficult to get every code. For this reason, we have the Search option in the Full version of our app. Other features only available in the paid version that you purchased: - SEARCHABLE LIST OF SAFE/UNSAFE INGREDIENTS - The DISCOVER GLUTEN FREE section is a great way to discover your new gluten free favorites. - DINING CARD / TRAVEL CARDS, to eat safely in restaurants domestically and abroad We really appreciate your feedback about it. Thank you in advance! ### 1/5 — They are determined to get your money *2020-07-13* This app has a free version which shows you a result for about 1 in 20 items to try and frustrate you into paying for the full version. Probably worth it if you are coeliac yourself (although I’m not certain, as I haven’t used the ‘premium’ version). However if like me you have a coeliac in your wider social circle and just need to query something occasionally, don’t bother. It’ll get on your nerves and you’ll end up checking Google anyway. **Developer response:** The free app is completely functional, please scan more products 🙂 Our database contains over 150,000 unique food products commonly found in the UK stores. We are adding new products daily. After scan a product not recognized, please use the "Leave Feedback" button. We will receive automatically the barcode number and we will try to check. Thanks in advance! ### 2/5 — It’s not brilliant *2020-01-10* It’s says upgrade to have access to many more products but it’s products that are not every day use. A lot of your products you will normally have in are not in the database. Also very confusing about what is gluten free, it’s says it’s lists them and then when you go into the list the product isn’t gluten free. Clarity would be nice!! **Developer response:** Hello, our database contains over 150,000 unique food products commonly found in the UK stores 🙂. We are adding new products daily. After scanning a product not recognized, please use the "Leave Feedback" button. We will receive automatically the barcode number and we will try to check. On the other hand, please try again the option of SEARCH by Product Name, Brand or Category, over 150,000 products (85,000 Gluten-Free/Suitable), is very useful. Some basic tips about it: · If you’re searching for a specific product without results, try to put only the name of the brand or reduce the number of words. · Enter the name of a brand with the exact name. For example, "Hellmann's". If you put "Hellman" or "Hellmann", it's fine as well. If you put "Hellmanns", the app will be not able to find the products. A lot of users forget to put the simple quote. Other features only available in the paid version: - SEARCHABLE LIST OF SAFE/UNSAFE INGREDIENTS - The DISCOVER GLUTEN FREE section is a great way to discover your new gluten free favorites. - DINING CARD / TRAVEL CARDS, to eat safely in restaurants domestically and abroad We really appreciate your feedback about it. Feel free to contact us at hello@scanglutenfree.com and let us have some feedback as to how we can make this a 5-star app for you. Thanks in advance! ### 4/5 — Have I bought the full version of this App *2019-08-15* Hello, I downloaded the App then needed to buy the full version of the App. However I don’t actually know if I have. Can you help? I do enjoy seeing the big tick and have found the App very useful so far. Thank you, Lynne. **Developer response:** Hello Lynne, glad to know that the app is very useful for you 🙂 When you open the app with the Full version activated, you can see the "SEARCH" option in the first screen. If you can't see it, please contact us at hello@scanglutenfree.com. Thanks in advance! ### 5/5 — Fantastic app for coeliacs *2019-06-28* I really love this app. Extremely useful as a quick tool while shopping. My son, diagnosed with coeliac disease, loves it as something to keep him busy scanning the barcodes of the products ;) I like that the app not only keeps his awareness high of needing to choose gluten free foods, but also gets excited about finding foods he can eat. I've checked the database, the results are very reliable. The app has saved him from getting sick many times, sometimes it's hard to catch all the Ingredients when reading a label. On another hand, prevented from accidentally eating "hidden gluten" ingredients on more than one occasion. The most useful feature is the search gluten free products (just a recommendation, if you put only one or two words in the search, perhaps you will get better results). Also you can contribute to improve the database of products, if you find a new item labeled as gluten free, not found in the database. Finally, the restaurant card / translated travel cards and the search ingredients can be very useful sometimes. Anyway, if you can, recommended to call before the restaurant and talk with the staff about the coeliac disease condition and to check carefully the gluten free safe options available in the menu, be aware to avoid the cross contamination issues in the kitchen. If you can't make a call, You can show the restaurant card available in the app to the waiter. I thank you so much, to the very bottom of my heart, for making this app!! Keep up the good work! **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your kind words! We really appreciate it ❤ :) ## Frequently asked questions about Gluten Free Scanner UK coeliac ### Does Gluten Free Scanner UK have ads? No, Gluten Free Scanner UK is advertised as being without annoying ads. This provides an uninterrupted user experience. ### How accurate is the Gluten Free Scanner UK database? The app's database is maintained by a team of registered dietitians and researchers to ensure accuracy. It contains over 150,000+ gluten-free products in the UK. ### Can I use Gluten Free Scanner UK outside of the UK? No, this app specifically works only in the UK. Its database and functionality are tailored for the UK market. ### What devices does Gluten Free Scanner UK support? Gluten Free Scanner UK is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It requires iOS 4.3 or later. ### How often is Gluten Free Scanner UK updated? The app was last updated on January 17, 2024, with version 1.3.41. The developers plan for new features in the future and welcome user suggestions. ### What are the full version features of Gluten Free Scanner UK? The full version allows searching by product name, brand, or category, discovering new gluten-free favorites, and includes dining/travel cards for safe eating. It also offers a searchable list of safe/unsafe ingredients. ### What is the age rating for Gluten Free Scanner UK? Gluten Free Scanner UK has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for children and adults. ### What do users like about Gluten Free Scanner UK? User reviews highlight the app as a 'lifesaver' for family members diagnosed with coeliac disease and praise its simplicity and helpfulness for grocery shopping. Users find it an invaluable resource. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.3.41 — 2024-01-17 Bug fixes and other improvements. Please take a minute to leave a nice review in the App Store: it really helps. ### 1.3.40 — 2024-01-08 Bug fixes and other improvements. Please take a minute to leave a nice review in the App Store: it really helps. ### 1.3.30 — 2023-03-27 Bug fixes and other improvements. Please take a minute to leave a nice review in the App Store: it really helps. ### 1.3.21 — 2022-08-15 Bug fixes and other improvements. Please take a minute to leave a nice review in the App Store: it really helps. ### 1.3.20 — 2022-07-19 Bug fixes and other improvements. Please take a minute to leave a nice review in the App Store: it really helps. ## More apps by Lluis Guiu - [The Gluten Free Scanner Full](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-gluten-free-scanner-full/id968276039) - [The Gluten Free Scanner](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-gluten-free-scanner/id969482476) - [Scan Gluten Free UK Full](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scan-gluten-free-uk-full/id1123957508) All apps by Lluis Guiu: https://appshunter.io/developer/933315895 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-20.*