SPICE: Allergen Scanner
Petrus Kanters Food & Drink iPhoneiPadiPod touch
SPICE: Allergen Scanner is a free Food & Drink app for iPhone and iPad by Petrus Kanters. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated October 9, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 89 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Oct 9
- 2026 · vv1.2.0
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About SPICE: Allergen Scanner
Know in one scan whether a product is safe for you. SPICE checks barcodes, ingredient photos, and restaurant menus for allergens, intolerances, and E-numbers you want to avoid. Gluten, milk, nuts, soy, lactose, and hundreds of additives like gelatin and carmine: SPICE flags them all. HOW IT WORKS Scan a product's barcode, or photograph the ingredient list when there's no barcode. SPICE instantly identifies which allergens and additives are present and gives a clear green or red verdict so no reading, no guessing, no searching. E-NUMBER CHECKER, AN UNIQUE FEATURE Unlike most allergen scanners, SPICE also checks over 300 E-numbers and food additives. So even if you don't have an allergy or intolerance, and you want to avoid E-numbers for various reasons such as religion or a healthy life, you can use SPICE. Toggle exactly which ones you want to avoid: • E120 (Carmine): red dye derived from insects, avoided by vegans, vegetarians, and for religious dietary reasons • E441 (Gelatin): animal-derived thickener, flagged for halal, kosher, vegan, and vegetarian diets • E621 (MSG), E211 (Sodium benzoate), E951 (Aspartame), artificial colorings, preservatives, sweeteners, and more Every E-number can be switched on or off individually. No other free allergen scanner gives you this level of control. ALL MAJOR ALLERGENS COVERED SPICE goes beyond the EU-14 mandatory allergens. Check for: gluten (wheat, rye, barley, spelt), milk & lactose, eggs, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, celery, mustard, sesame, sulphites, lupin, molluscs — plus fructose intolerance and histamine intolerance. WORKS IN RESTAURANTS TOO Point your camera at a menu or dish description and SPICE reads the text automatically, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and other scripts. Perfect for Asian restaurants, traveling abroad, or labels in an unfamiliar language. MULTIPLE PROFILES Create separate profiles for yourself, your partner, and your children. Each profile has its own allergen and E-number list. Switch between profiles with a single tap while scanning. YOUR SCANNED PRODUCTS LIST Every scanned product is saved in a clear overview, sorted by safe and unsafe. Filter by allergen or E-number, search by name, or see exactly which products contain a specific additive. AVAILABLE IN 8 LANGUAGES English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish. Products are automatically translated into your language, even when the label is in another language. PRIVACY FIRST No account. No registration. No tracking. All data stays on your phone. SPICE works fully offline once products are cached. FREE: always, for everyone. No ads, no subscriptions, no fees, nothing. Perfect for people with food allergies, intolerances, or specific dietary requirements: vegans, vegetarians, halal and kosher diets, parents managing a child's allergens, and anyone who wants to know exactly what goes into their food.
What’s new
Version v1.2.0 · Updated October 9, 2026
What's new in SPICE 1.2: INGREDIENT CHANGE ALERTS Products change, and now SPICE tells you when they do. If the ingredients of a product in your scan history are updated, you'll see an alert at the top of your list. Tap it to see exactly what changed (which allergens were added or removed), and mark the product as safe or unsafe based on the new ingredients. IMPROVED PHOTO SCANNING Manual assessments made by scanning a photo of an ingredient list are now correctly shown as "self-assessed" in the product details, giving you a clearer picture of how each verdict was reached. BUG FIXES & STABILITY • Fixed a crash that could occur when opening an ingredient change alert with unexpected data • Fixed profile photos not showing after reinstalling the app • Fixed a rare issue where deleting a profile could leave behind orphaned data • Fixed unhandled errors in product delete and safety change actions • Various stability improvements
App privacy
The developer, Petrus Kanters, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Name
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Product Personalization, App Functionality
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