Terms of Use

Last updated: 12 August 2026

Informational use only

FoodsScan provides information about packaged food for general educational purposes. It is not medical, nutritional or dietary advice, and nothing here is a substitute for a qualified professional. If you have a food allergy, an intolerance or a medical condition, rely on the physical label and your clinician — not on this site.

Accuracy

We work to keep records correct, and a person reviews a product before its scores are published, but we cannot guarantee that every record is accurate, complete or current. Manufacturers reformulate without notice, labels vary between markets and production runs, and automated ingredient matching can be wrong. The physical label on the product you are holding always takes precedence over anything shown here.

Our scores are derived from which ingredients are present, not how much of each is used. Read the methodology page for the full model and its limitations before drawing conclusions from a number.

Accounts and contributions

You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping your password secure. If you submit a product, a photograph or a review, you confirm you have the right to do so, and you grant us a non-exclusive licence to publish and distribute it as part of the product record. We may edit or remove contributions, including anything unlawful, misleading or off-topic.

Data licensing

Product records imported from Open Food Facts are provided under the Open Database License (ODbL) and remain subject to it. Our own contributions — the additive catalogue, descriptions, synonym layer and scoring model — are our intellectual property and may not be scraped or redistributed in bulk without permission. For data licensing enquiries, contact the contact form.

Availability and liability

The service is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, FoodsScan is not liable for any loss arising from reliance on information published here.

Changes

We may update these terms; material changes will be reflected in the date above. Questions: the contact form.