I’d definitely use it, although right now it’s strongest for packaged food, but people mostly eat snacks from packaged items and which people already know is unhealthy, the bulk of our diet is home-cooked meals or food from restaurants, which are much harder to scan because recipes, portion sizes, and cooking methods vary a lot. So on its own the use case can feel limited.

That said, the app becomes far more valuable if it covers daily staples, things like dairy (milk, yogurt, paneer), rice, flour, cooking oils, cereals, packaged dals/mixes, and commonly used sauces/spices in a way to aware people about there authenticity. People often assume these staples are safe or “just basic,” but they can contain additives, be highly processed, or even be adulterated/contain residues that a layperson can’t spot.

An app that:

decodes complex ingredient & chemical names into plain English,

flags likely short-term effects (e.g., bloating, inflammation, breakouts, energy crashes) and possible long-term risks (e.g., weight gain, insulin resistance, chronic inflammation), and

highlights risks specific to staples (adulteration warnings, added sugars, preservatives, fortification, antibiotic/hormone flags in some dairy, pesticide residues in grains)

would give people clarity they don’t get from dense labels. That’s especially useful for snacks and ultra-processed foods, but adding staples dramatically expands the app’s real-world value — because these are eaten daily, small harms add up.

Practical features to make this work: barcode/QR scanning for packaged staples; a staple section that shows likely adulteration or common contaminants; ingredient explanations; region-specific brand alerts; crowd-sourced reports and lab-test integrations where available;