# Prova: Food Label Scanner — Know what's in your food > Know what's in your food (iPhone/iPad app by Markneer GP.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/prova-food-label-scanner/id6806332282 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Markneer GP](https://appshunter.io/developer/6806332284) - Category: Food & Drink, Health & Fitness - Price: Free - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 16.4 · 63 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Italian, European Portuguese, European Spanish - Released: 2026-09-09 - Data updated: 2026-10-08 ## What is Prova? Prova reads a food barcode and tells you, in seconds, what is actually in the product. Point the camera at any packaged food. Prova looks the product up and shows you a Nutri-Score grade, the nutrition facts per 100g, the full ingredient list, and every additive it can identify — each one tagged Safe, Caution or Avoid, with a plain-English explanation and links to the sources behind it. No jargon, no scrolling through a label in 6pt type in a supermarket aisle. Scanning is free and unlimited. No ads, no account, no sign-up. WHAT YOU GET Grade at a glance A Nutri-Score from A to E and a NOVA processing group, so you can compare two products on the shelf without reading either label. Ingredients, explained Every ingredient listed, with additives and E numbers broken out. Where an additive has been flagged in the literature, Prova explains what the concern is in ordinary words and shows you where that comes from. Allergen and diet flags, matched to you Set your profile once — gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, vegan, vegetarian, low sugar, low salt, avoid ultra-processed, plus any allergens you add yourself — and Prova highlights the products that clash with it instead of making you check every line. Healthier alternatives When a product scores poorly, Prova suggests better-rated options in the same category. Not in the database? Photograph the label Packaged foods sold locally are often missing from open product databases. When Prova cannot find a barcode, photograph the front and back of the pack and it will read the label and build the breakdown from the photos. Your scan history Everything you scan is kept on your device, with a summary of how your scanning has trended over time. Search by name Look a product up without having it in your hand. OUR INDEPENDENCE PLEDGE No ads, ever. No paid placement, no sponsored products, no brand money. Manufacturers cannot pay to improve a grade or to appear among the alternatives — there is no mechanism for it. And scanning stays free and unlimited, forever. PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. No email address. Prova uses an anonymous identifier so the backend can serve product data and nothing else. Your profile and your scan history stay on your device. Label photos are uploaded only when you choose "Identify with photos", and only to read the label. Full policy: https://provascan.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://provascan.com/terms-of-use ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.9 — 2026-10-07 A small update that makes label photos smoother. - After you photograph a label, Prova takes you straight back to the product you were looking at, instead of opening an empty screen on top of it. - Small fixes and polish. Still free to scan. No ads, no brand money. ### 1.8 — 2026-09-28 Prova now speaks your language, and it's clearer about what it knows. NEW - Ingredients to avoid: pick things like palm oil, artificial sweeteners or nitrites in your profile, and Prova points them out on results and comparisons. If a product has no readable ingredient list, it tells you it couldn't check. - Prova is now available in English, Greek, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. It follows your phone's language, or you can pick one in Settings. - Readable label: tap the glasses beside a product's details to read its ingredients and nutrition in large, easy-to-read text. - Every grade now shows where it came from: the source, the method and whether it's per 100g. - "Why this grade?" explains what's behind a product's rating. - Dark mode follows your phone's setting. - Back up your history, favourites and food profile to a file, and restore them on a new phone. - A fresh look: calmer indigo colours, a bolder app icon and a clearer launch screen. - While a label photo is analysed, Prova shows each step as it happens. - A clearer screen when a barcode isn't in our database yet, with what you can do next. MORE HONEST RESULTS - When a detail is missing we say so instead of showing zero. Unknown is not the same as none. - Ratings based on incomplete information are marked as provisional, with an option to photograph the label. - Comparisons only line up nutrients measured on the same basis. SMOOTHER - Products you've seen before open instantly and refresh in the background. - The scanner visibly locks onto a barcode once it's read. - Better label capture on iPhones with several cameras. - Larger touch targets, better contrast and respect for Reduce Motion. - Older items in your History refill with up-to-date product details. - Many small fixes. Still free to scan. No ads, no brand money. ### 1.2 — 2026-09-09 No release notes. --- *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 2026-10-08.*