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[Silk tha Shocker]

What is the best gluten free scanner app?

I have the "gluten-free Scanner" app. I scanned an almond joy and it says it contains gluten when the package is labeled gluten free

[Scott Adams]

I don't think any apps are up to date, which is exactly why this happened to you. Most of the data in such apps is years old, and it doesn't get updated in real time. Ultimately there is no substitution for learning to read labels.

The following two lists are very helpful for anyone who is gluten sensitive and needs to avoid gluten when shopping.

It's very important to learn to read labels and understand sources of hidden gluten, and to know some general information about product labelling--for example in the USA if wheat is a possible allergen it must be declared on a product's ingredient label like this: Allergens: Wheat.

 

 

 

[lmemsm]

I've been using the Open Food Facts app ( https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ ).  There's also a database.  It's a volunteer project, so anyone can volunteer to correct information in the database that's wrong.  For instance, I just put in a report that a product with tigernut flour should not be automatically triggering a nut warning since tigernut is a tuber.  They're putting a fix in for it now.  I took all the products I regularly use and marked them appropriately as gluten free or not.  Plus, there are pictures of the product, so if you're not sure, you can look for a picture of the gluten free logo in the pictures available to double check if the product is safe.  I think it has a lot of potential to help people with allergies and intolerances.  However, the information is only as good as what the volunteers add to the database.  It would be nice to see more people volunteer to help this Free/Open Source project.