# MoguMogu: Food Scanner — Know what you eat

> Know what you eat (iPhone/iPad app by hari singh.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mogumogu-food-scanner/id6779600856 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [hari singh](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779600858)
- Category: Food & Drink, Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.5 · 143 MB
- Languages: Japanese
- Released: 2026-07-29
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mogumogu-food-scanner/id6779600856/reviews.md

## What is MoguMogu?

Traveling in Japan and worried about what's in that snack? MoguMogu uses AI to read Japanese ingredient labels for you and tells you, in one scan, whether it fits your dietary rules — this isn't a simple lookup tool, it's a genuine AI app trained to understand Japan's messiest, most inconsistent label formats.

Built for the moment you're standing in a Lawson, holding a colorful package, with no clue what 乳化剤 or ゼラチン means in your language.

WHO USES IT

• Tourists with food allergies — peanut, shellfish, dairy, soy, wheat. We check against all 28 Japanese statutory allergens, including the 7 specified items and the 21 recommended-label items.
• Halal travelers from anywhere — we flag alcohol, pork, lard, gelatine, and unidentified animal-derived ingredients on Japanese packaging.
• Vegans and vegetarians — we know dashi has bonito, mirin contains alcohol, and 寒天 (kanten/agar) is safe even when it looks weird.
• Parents traveling with allergic kids — set up one profile per child, scan a konbini sandwich, get an instant verdict.
• Long-term residents in Japan who never want to second-guess an ingredient list again.

WHY IT'S USEFUL IN JAPAN SPECIFICALLY

• Japanese ingredient lists are in Japanese only. Most products from major manufacturers do not include English. Google Translate guesses ingredients; we identify them by category.
• Japanese food labelling uses two formats — 個別表示 ("individual") and 一括表示 ("bundled"). Our parser handles both.
• Cultural ingredients like 出汁, みりん, ゼラチン, 寒天, アーモンド粉末 are flagged correctly based on your profile, not just word-matched.
• 28 Japanese statutory allergens recognised, in Japanese name and English equivalent, with the correct legal severity tier.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Open the app at the convenience store, the supermarket, or before you bite into a hotel snack.
2. Either scan the barcode (instant lookup if in our database) or photograph the ingredients label — our AI reads and interprets it for you in real time, the same way a bilingual friend would.
3. See a verdict immediately: SAFE / NOT SAFE / CANNOT VERIFY — with the exact culprit ingredient highlighted if not safe.
4. Tap any ingredient to see its translation and why it's flagged.

YOUR PROFILE, YOUR RULES

Set up once on the first launch:
• Pick any combination of allergens.
• Halal? Vegan? Vegetarian? Pescatarian? All supported.
• Add per-rule exceptions, like "vegetarian but I eat eggs" or "halal but I'm OK with mirin in trace amounts" — your call.
• Multiple profiles for family members or your travel partner.

PRIVACY

• Your scan history lives on your device. Period.
• Label photos and barcodes are sent to our AI backend to identify ingredients — never your name, email, or identity. Your scan history still lives on your device.
• No ads. No third-party tracking SDK. No retargeting.
• Optional account if you want to sync history across devices.

WHAT IT CAN'T DO (we're honest)

• Cross-contamination "may contain" warnings — always read the package itself for life-threatening allergies.
• Some products aren't in our barcode database yet. Use the label photo scan and email us the JAN code, we add them.
• Restaurant menus — for prepared food, ask the staff or use a phrase card.

FREE. NO ADS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES.

Built by Sapporosoft (Sapporo, Japan). Email info.hari07@gmail.com for product requests, bug reports, or to tell us about an ingredient we mis-identified.

Eat safely. Travel happier.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.23.0 — 2026-09-10

New in 2.23.0:

• Find restaurants button — discover shops with allergen-checked menus
• Item numbers on shop menus — point at #8 to order across a language barrier
• Cleaner bottom bar with two clear actions
• Design polish across the app

### 2.17.6 — 2026-09-05

- Verdict fix: sesame and potato starch now correctly classified as plant-based
- New: product image display on shop menu items (where uploaded)
- Safety: stricter verdict on ambiguous additive ingredients
- Admin: cost visibility metrics

### 2.9.3 — 2026-08-26

Further safety improvements on top of 2.9.1:

• The "Why this verdict?" panel now correctly names only the ingredients that actually conflict with your profile. Previously it could name statutory allergens you don't have configured, which was misleading.
• Cocoa powder and other trace caffeine sources now trigger a CAUTION verdict for "Avoid caffeine" profiles, while coffee, matcha, dark chocolate, guarana etc. still trigger NOT SAFE.
• Improved consistency between backend and on-device tier maps.

Safety-first design continues: when we can't be confident, we show "Cannot verify" instead of a green pill.

### 2.8.2 — 2026-08-21

• Improved accuracy of the "Avoid caffeine" verdict — now detects guarana, cocoa solids, and other caffeine sources; exempts caffeine-free cocoa butter.
• Home Current Profile card now shows your allergies alongside dietary preferences.
• Verdict reasoning now names the specific ingredient that triggered the result.
• Minor bug fixes.

Note: This app is not a medical device. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions, please always verify labels yourself.

### 2.7.0 — 2026-08-20

- Improves how the app recognizes egg and other allergens when they are written in different Japanese spellings on an ingredient list, so more of them are caught during a scan.
- New Settings option, "Share anonymous return-visit statistics," which you can turn on or off at any time. It sends only two dates — the day of your first scan and today's date — and never your name, account, or anything about what you scanned. It is separate from scan-data sharing.
- Restores the in-app notice that lets you know when a newer version of the app is available.
- Fixes and improvements.

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