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Point your camera
Open the app and photograph the ingredient list and nutrition panel. Works with any packaged food or beverage.
Sugar hides in plain sight. SugarFlag finds it.
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The average American eats 17 teaspoons of added sugar a day.
That is nearly triple the recommended amount, and most of it comes from foods that don't taste sweet: bread, sauces, yogurt, cereal. Excess added sugar is linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Point, scan, know.
No setup. Works on any packaged food or drink.
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SugarFlag reads the label
The label text is extracted and analysed for every form of added sugar, even when it hides under a different name.
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Decide with confidence
See added versus total sugar, the sources found, and keep every scan in your history.
Every scan, a straight answer.
SugarFlag reads the ingredient list and nutrition panel, then tells you how much sugar was added versus naturally present, and names every source it found.
- Added vs. total sugar, side by side
- Recognises 50+ names manufacturers use for sugar
- Scans saved to your history, private to you
Honey Oat Granola
Scanned just now
Contains added sugar
Added sugar
24g
Total sugar
31g
Added sugar sources
Cane sugar
Corn syrup
Maltodextrin
Sugar goes by many names.
These are the most common ones on U.S. ingredient lists. Some sound natural. All of them count as added sugar.
Read the complete guide
Sugar
High-fructose corn syrup
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids
Cane sugar
Cane juice
Evaporated cane juice
Dextrose
Maltodextrin
Brown rice syrup
Agave nectar
Barley malt
Fruit juice concentrate
Honey
Maltose
Sucrose
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