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Yuka App • Review
Yuka is an app that analyses food or cosmetic products. Yuka was launched in 2017 in France. It is a mobile-based application for analysing food
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24 December 2019
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Yuka – Food & Cosmetic scanner Description
◆ THE 30 MILLION USERS APP ◆
Yuka is a free mobile app that allows you to scan the barcodes of food and personal care products and instantly see their impact on your health. A rating and detailed information help you understand the analysis of each product.
Yuka also recommends similar but healthier alternative products when a product hurts your health.
◆ A 100% INDEPENDENT PROJECT ◆
Yuka is a 100% independent project: product reviews and recommendations of healthier alternatives are made objectively. No brand or manufacturer can influence them in one way or another. Furthermore, there is no in-app advertising. You can access detailed information on our business model on our website (www.yuka.io).
◆ 3 MILLION REFERENCED PRODUCTS ◆
Yuka established a database that contains 2 million food products and 1 million cosmetic products.
Each food product is evaluated according to 3 objective criteria: nutritional quality, presence of additives and organic aspect.
The method to analyse cosmetic products is based on analysing all the product ingredients. Each ingredient is assigned a risk level according to the latest scientific data.