# Scanity: Food Ingredient Scan — Check food labels & additives

> Check food labels & additives (iPhone/iPad app by Rubiconetic LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/scanity-food-ingredient-scan/id6784881423 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Rubiconetic LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6784881425)
- Category: Food & Drink, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2026-07-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Scanity?

Read the label in one second, not one minute. Point Scanity at any grocery barcode: it resolves every additive across E-numbers, trade names, and hidden synonyms (block "Red 40" once to catch E129, Allura Red AC, and FD&C Red No. 40 across 452,000+ USDA and Open Food Facts products) and gives you a plain verdict against YOUR blocklist: Safe, Caution, or Avoid. Never an arbitrary 0–100 score, never a sponsored "healthier swap," and no account required.

YOUR LIST. YOUR RULES.
Other scanner apps grade food using editorial scores where an item full of seed oils or artificial dyes can still pass with a "Good" 75/100 score. Scanity puts you in complete control. If an ingredient is on your blocklist, you are alerted instantly.

INTELLIGENT SYNONYM & E-NUMBER RESOLUTION
Food manufacturers hide ingredients under technical aliases, numbers, and chemical synonyms. Scanity catches them all:
• Red 40 = E129, Allura Red AC, FD&C Red No. 40
• MSG = E621, Monosodium Glutamate, Yeast Extract
• Seed Oils = Canola, Soybean, Corn, Sunflower, Safflower, Cottonseed, Grapeseed, Rice Bran
• TBHQ = E319, Tertiary Butylhydroquinone
• Carrageenan = E407, Irish Moss extract

INSTANT 400MS BARCODE SCANNING
Built natively from the ground up for grocery aisle speed:
• Point camera at any food product barcode.
• Instant verdict: Safe, Caution, or Avoid.
• Clear highlight on the exact ingredient that triggered the alert.

100% PRIVATE & LOCAL-FIRST
• No Account Required: Open the app and start scanning immediately.
• No Ads, No Tracking: We never sell your scan habits or personal blocklists to data brokers.
• No Sponsored Swaps: We never promote alternative brands that paid for placement.

Try Scanity free with a 7-day trial. Available as $19.99/year or $49.99 lifetime unlock. Learn more at https://scanityapp.com

Terms of Use (EULA):
[https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scanity Pro - Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Scanity Pro - Annual | $19.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scanity Pro Lifetime | $49.99 | one-time |


## Is Scanity safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Scanity.

## Is Scanity legit?

Scanity: Food Ingredient Scan has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Scanity is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 2.1 — 2026-10-17

OCR for labels if bar-code missing from database.

### 2.0.0 — 2026-08-22

Scanity 2.0 is a complete rebuild.

Version 1 was a React Native app. Version 2 is written from scratch in Swift, and you can feel it: the app opens faster, the camera locks onto a barcode faster, and the verdict comes back sooner.

Every screen was redrawn on the way — the scan view, the verdict card, your filters, and the history log. The verdict card now shows its working more clearly, so the ingredient that triggered a flag is easier to find at a glance.

Same rules, same evidence, same three verdicts. Just quicker, and easier to read one-handed in an aisle.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-08

• Upgrade to Lifetime — premium subscribers can now switch to a one-time Lifetime plan from Settings.
• Redeem promo codes — a new Redeem option in Settings and on the Paywall opens the system code sheet.
• Trial-end reminders — get a heads-up two days before your trial ends (opt-in during onboarding).
• Privacy-first onboarding — we've replaced the info step with a notifications permission screen, so nothing gets shared without your explicit consent.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-07-22

No release notes.

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