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Can I Eat This?

Photograph the back of the packet and it tells you only whether something you cannot eat is in it. No scores — it shows you the line exactly as printed. Korean and English. For Android phones.

Getting ready…

Open this page on the phone and press the button. If you download it on a computer you will have to move the file across.

What you cannot eat stays on this phone

Once you have it

  1. Tap the downloaded file (Valuestools Can I Eat This.apk).
  2. If it asks about "apps from unknown sources", choose allow. — that is because it is not on the Play Store yet.
  3. Once, at the start: tap the things you cannot eat (the 19 the Korean law lists).
  4. After that, just photograph the back of the packet. It never asks again.

What you get — three lines

🔴 It is in there printed as "contains …"
🟡 It may have got in printed as "made in the same facility as …"
⚪ Only seen in the ingredients not in the allergy box the law requires

Underneath it shows you the line exactly as printed on the packet. Do not take our word for it — read that line yourself.

How this differs from Yuka and the rest

Yuka and similar This app
Reads a Korean packetnoyes
Product not in its database"unknown product"cannot happen
Gives a scoreyesno
Separates "contains" from "may contain"notwo lines
Needs internetyesnever

It leans on no database at all — only on what is printed on the packet in front of you. A brand-new snack reads just as well as a famous one.

What it does not do — written down plainly

This is not a diagnosis. If an allergy of yours is dangerous, do not rely on this app alone — read the packet yourself and talk to a doctor or pharmacist. That is why the printed line is always shown next to the answer.

A blurry photo or very small print cannot be read. When it cannot read, it says so rather than guessing.

Nobody has yet photographed a real packet with a real phone. The 409 labels measured so far were fed in as text. Packets are shiny and curved, and harder than flat paper. Try it and leave one line — the next build will fix what you find.

No iPhone version yet. Android 7.0 (2016) or newer.

Korean and English, both

It follows the language your phone is set to, and you can change it in Settings. 한국어 페이지

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