If you have a food allergy, using food allergy apps is a great way to feel more confident about the groceries you buy and the restaurant meals you order.Food allergy apps can be particularly helpful if you’re newly diagnosed, unsure of what you can eat, or living with serious food allergies.This article looks at six apps that provide essential services for people with food allergies, what they do, how much they cost, and what devices they work on.Verywell / Zorica Lakonic
If you have a food allergy, using food allergy apps is a great way to feel more confident about the groceries you buy and the restaurant meals you order.
Food allergy apps can be particularly helpful if you’re newly diagnosed, unsure of what you can eat, or living with serious food allergies.
This article looks at six apps that provide essential services for people with food allergies, what they do, how much they cost, and what devices they work on.
Verywell / Zorica Lakonic
Open Food FactsKey SpecsPrice: FreePlatform: Android and iOSAdditional Features: Classify foods based on sustainability, nutrition density, and other factorsOverviewOpen Food Factslets you scan products’ barcodes to check for allergens—14 different potential allergens in all.You enter your family’s list of allergens into the app, and once it scans a bar code, it provides you with an easy-to-read list of ingredients (in a large font, unlike most ingredient lists), plus pop-up allergy warnings.The app also can tell you whether products include a particular ingredient.
Open Food Facts
Key Specs
Overview
Open Food Factslets you scan products’ barcodes to check for allergens—14 different potential allergens in all.
You enter your family’s list of allergens into the app, and once it scans a bar code, it provides you with an easy-to-read list of ingredients (in a large font, unlike most ingredient lists), plus pop-up allergy warnings.
The app also can tell you whether products include a particular ingredient.
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If you’re traveling with food allergies, having this knowledge easily accessible on your phone is invaluable. It can also show which ERs are most likely to be prepared to treat children.
iEatOut Gluten Free & Allergen FreeKey SpecsiEatOut Gluten Free & Allergen Freefrom Allergy Free Passport aims to help people with food allergies,celiac disease, andnon-celiac gluten sensitivityfind places to eat out safely.Once you download the app, you can choose which allergens you want to avoid from a list that includes the following:Gluten/wheatDairyEggsFishShellfishPeanutsSoyTree nutsThen, the app provides you with ethnic cuisines to browse for ingredients to avoid.For example, if you’reallergic to soyand want to eat at a Chinese restaurant, it will spotlight Chinese dishes and ingredients that typically contain soy sauce. If you’reallergic to dairyand plan to dine out at an Italian eatery, it’ll flag ingredients and dishes containing cheese.iEatOut Gluten Free and Allergen Free is $2.99 and is available for iPhone and iPad. It also works offline so that you can take it traveling internationally without incurring roaming charges.
iEatOut Gluten Free & Allergen Free
iEatOut Gluten Free & Allergen Freefrom Allergy Free Passport aims to help people with food allergies,celiac disease, andnon-celiac gluten sensitivityfind places to eat out safely.
Once you download the app, you can choose which allergens you want to avoid from a list that includes the following:
Then, the app provides you with ethnic cuisines to browse for ingredients to avoid.
For example, if you’reallergic to soyand want to eat at a Chinese restaurant, it will spotlight Chinese dishes and ingredients that typically contain soy sauce. If you’reallergic to dairyand plan to dine out at an Italian eatery, it’ll flag ingredients and dishes containing cheese.
iEatOut Gluten Free and Allergen Free is $2.99 and is available for iPhone and iPad. It also works offline so that you can take it traveling internationally without incurring roaming charges.
A Word from VerywellEven if you use apps to help you avoid allergens, you can’t let your guard down—especially if your reactions are severe. Always double-check everything before eating it, and carry an Epi-Pen if your healthcare provider has advised you.
A Word from Verywell
Even if you use apps to help you avoid allergens, you can’t let your guard down—especially if your reactions are severe. Always double-check everything before eating it, and carry an Epi-Pen if your healthcare provider has advised you.
SourcesVerywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Pádua I, Moreira A, Moreira P, Barros R.Food allergy: practical approach on education and accidental exposure prevention.Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016;48(5):174-181.
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Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Pádua I, Moreira A, Moreira P, Barros R.Food allergy: practical approach on education and accidental exposure prevention.Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016;48(5):174-181.
Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.
Pádua I, Moreira A, Moreira P, Barros R.Food allergy: practical approach on education and accidental exposure prevention.Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016;48(5):174-181.
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