NHS Food Scanner

Name: NHS Food Scanner
Author: Department of Health and Social Care (Digital)

LiveDepartment of Health and Social Care (Digital)6 apps · 7.5M installsHealth & FitnessFreecom.phe.c4lfoodsmart

Bring the sugar, sat fat and salt to life and really see inside your food.

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Total installs: 1,003,440
Installs / day: —
Rating: —★
Released: —
Last update: 28 Aug 2026
Countries: 0/1

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

Change timeline

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Live 0Listed, not installable 1Not listed 0

United States

Top countries

estimate · charts of 12 Oct

Most downloads likely come from 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (~100%).

United Kingdom100%#87 Top free · Health & fitness

Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.

Top chart positions

as of 12 Oct

Chart	Country	Rank	Change
Top free · Health & fitness	GB	#87	▼ 1

App manifest

Read this app's manifest from Google Play: permissions, declared SDKs, components and AdMob app ID. Saved analysis appears here automatically.

Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play

No data shared with third parties
Collects data Personal info, App activity, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
No way to ask for data deletion
Follows the Play Families Policy

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

5 in 2 groups

1 Sensitive2 Notable2 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Use your camera to take photos and record videos

CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA

OtherNotable4

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

Ever wondered how much sugar is in your favourite cola or how much salt is in your sauce you are adding to your meals? Find out and discover healthier choices with the NHS Food Scanner app! So it's time to get scanning! Just find a food or drink barcode or use the in-app search functionality to quickly reveal what's inside. You might be surprised by what you find! Be amazed with the Augmented Reality within the app that brings to life the sugar, sat fat and salt in your food and drink right in front of your eyes! The app is based on the most widespread data available to us. We're continuously working to improve it and we're adding more and more products all the time. The nutrient data in this app has been supplied and check by our partners at Brandbank and Food Switch and is updated weekly. The number of sugar cubes, sat fat and salt sachets shown in app are based on grams per pack/100g/ml/portion when that information is available. The weight of one sugar cube is equal to 4 grams The weight on one sat fat lump is equal to 1 gram The weight of one salt sachet is equal to 0.5 grams It's now time to get Scanning!

What's new

This release of Food Scanner includes various performance improvements, bug fixes, and security updates to enhance stability and reliability.

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