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Hidden animal ingredients, dish questions, and shopping against your diet, at home and on the road.
E-Numbers: Which Are Halal, Haram or Mushbooh? (Quick Reference List)
About a dozen E-numbers decide whether a packet is halal: E120, E441, E471, E472a-f, E542, E631, E635, E904, E920, E1518. Here's how certifiers rule on each.
Apps Like Yuka But Free: What Is Actually Free in 2026
Yuka's free tier is real, and so are the limits around it. Here is what six food scanners give away for nothing, what sits behind a paywall, and the catch in each model.
Does Yuka Check Halal or Kosher? What Yuka Does Instead
Yuka has no halal mode and no kosher mode. Its Premium pork-free alert is not a substitute for either, and here is what each diet actually requires instead.
Best Halal Scanner Apps: Check Barcodes and E-Numbers for Haram Ingredients
Six halal scanner apps compared on how they check a product and what they can see, what E-number checking does not cover, and why no app can replace certification.
Best Food Scanner Apps in 2026 Compared: Yuka, Fig, Bobby Approved and More
Ten food scanner apps grouped by what they are actually for: nutrition scoring, additive flags, allergy filtering and diet checks. Every detail comes from the app's own listing or site, checked 2026-09-24.
Best Vegan Scanner Apps in 2026: 10 Apps Compared (Price, Offline, Diet Coverage)
Ten apps that can answer a vegan question, compared on what they scan, diet coverage, price, offline use and platform. Every detail comes from the app's own listing or site, checked 2026-09-24.
Yuka vs CodeCheck: Which Scanner Do German Shoppers Actually Trust?
Yuka scores a product's health impact and CodeCheck explains its ingredients. Both work well on German supermarket products, and Yuka Premium adds diet alerts, but neither gives a halal, kosher or Jain verdict. Here's how they compare on price, scoring and German coverage.
Yuka vs Soosee: Barcode Database or Word Highlighting?
Yuka scores a barcode against its database; Soosee highlights words on the ingredient list you photograph. The mechanics decide which app fits your shopping.
Yuka vs Fig: Health Score or Dietary Filter, Which Do You Need?
Yuka scores how healthy a product is; Fig checks whether its ingredients fit your allergy or diet. Here is what each app does, what it costs and who each suits.
Is Yuka Good for Vegans? What Yuka Actually Checks (and What It Does Not)
Yuka scores nutrition quality and additives, not diet compatibility, so a good score does not mean a product is vegan. Here's what Yuka checks and what you still check yourself.
Yuka Alternatives: 7 Apps for Diets Yuka Does Not Check (Vegan, Halal, Kosher)
Yuka scores nutrition and flags additives, but it gives no halal, kosher or Jain verdict and it needs a barcode to work. Here are 7 verified alternatives that check the diets it does not.
Verify Veg vs Yuka: Which Food Scanner Fits Your Diet?
Yuka scores nutrition and additives; Verify Veg checks whether a product fits your diet. Here's what each app covers, what each misses, and what each costs.