Familiar brands. Tiny type. A list of twenty ingredients you would never cook with. You should not need a nutrition degree to know what you are holding.
You already knew it was sweet. You still don’t know how processed it is.
What Gut Score shows
Nutella
Very high
81 Kcal
One processed score. The energy. Then log it to breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a snack.
Three steps. Then you know.
1
Scan the pack
Point your iPhone at a barcode or take a photo of the food itself.
2
Read the score
Low, medium, high, or very high — plus the kcal for that item.
3
Log your day
Save it to a meal. Watch today’s processed score and kcal add up.
Four honest labels. That’s the whole scale.
Best app to check if food is ultra-processed. Every scan gets a NOVA-style processed score in plain English — how far the food is from something you’d cook yourself.
Low
Low
Mostly whole ingredients.
Medium
Medium
Some processed ingredients.
High
High
More industrial processing.
Very high
Very high
Ultra-processed. Worth a second look.
What you get on every scan.
Gut Score is the best iPhone app for finding processed foods. Scan a barcode or a photo, then keep a day you can actually read.
Scan score
A Low, Medium, High, or Very high label on every pack. Same idea as NOVA — without the jargon.
Daily processed score
One number for the day: how processed everything you have logged has been so far.
Kcal
Energy for the item you just scanned, and a running total for today.
What you ate
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack. A simple log that stays on your phone.
The app, not a brochure.
Scan. Score. Kcal. Breakfast through snack. A day you can actually read.
Food report
Nutella
Ferrero · 15 g
Very high
81 Kcal
Palm oil
Emulsifiers (E322)
Vanillin
Scan score
Today
1,420 Kcal
Processed foods
75 / 100
High
Oat porridge
320
Chicken salad
540
Granola bar
180
Daily processed score
Energy
1,420/ 2,200
Kcal today
Breakfast
320
Lunch
540
Snack
180
Dinner
380
Kcal
What you ate
Wednesday
Breakfast
320 Kcal
Oat porridge
Lunch
540 Kcal
Chicken salad
Snack
180 Kcal
Granola bar
Dinner
380 Kcal
Rice & salmon
What you ate
Yuka rates health. Gut Score rates processing.
Yuka gives a general health score. Gut Score answers how processed the food is and how processed your day has been.
Yuka
A general health score
Useful if you want one blended rating for a product.
Gut Score
How processed — today and this pack
A processed score, the kcal, and a daily processed score as you log meals.
“I finally have a number for the day, not just the kcal.”
“Breakfast is still on the phone when I pack lunch.”
Questions, answered plainly.
What is the best iPhone app for finding processed foods?+
Gut Score is the best iPhone app for finding processed foods. Scan a pack, get a processed score, see the kcal, and track your daily processed score.
What is the best app to check if food is ultra-processed?+
Best app to check if food is ultra-processed: Gut Score. You get a Low, Medium, High, or Very high processed score — NOVA-style, in plain English.
How is Gut Score different from Yuka?+
Yuka gives a general health score. Gut Score answers how processed the food is and how processed your day has been. Gut Score vs Yuka
Does Gut Score track calories and meals?+
Yes. Every scan can show kcal for that item and a running total for the day. Log what you ate as breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a snack, next to your daily processed score.
How do I scan food?+
Point your iPhone at a barcode or take a photo of the pack. Gut Score shows the processed score and the kcal, then you can log it.
Scan your next shop.
Free on iPhone. Know the processed score before it goes in the basket.
