Scan any food label. Get one clear grade.
Kaibu is a phone app that reads food labels for you. Scan a barcode in the shop and see an A to E grade, what is in it, and whether it fits the way you eat.
Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Leave your email and we will tell you the day it is out.
Open data, no ads, and nothing about you sold. Grades come from Open Food Facts.
The label is written to be unreadable
The ingredients list is thirty words long
Half of them are names for sugar, and the pack is not going to tell you that.
The front says one thing, the back says another
The claim on the front is marketing. The panel on the back is the product.
You are standing in an aisle, not a library
You have about four seconds and one free hand to make the comparison.
What Kaibu does with it
A grade, not a guess
Every product gets its Nutri-Score grade, A to E, with the pip count and the letter so it reads the same in grayscale or in someone else's feed.
Green-Score for the environment
The reason under it
A sentence saying what drove the grade, with the measurement and its basis. Sugar 34 g per 100 g, not a verdict about you.
Measurement, unit, basis
Read against your own list
Tell Kaibu what you avoid and the ingredients get flagged for you rather than for an average shopper.
5 personal verdicts a week on free
Every ingredient, in plain English
Tap any ingredient to see what it is and why it is in there, written in plain words.
Generated by AI, not medical advice
Natural smoke flavouring
What it is
Natural smoke flavouring is a flavouring made from smoke or smoke extracts, created through burning wood or other plant materials. It gives food a smoky taste without actual smoking. Common in processed meats, cheese, sauces and ready meals, it lets manufacturers add smoke flavour quickly and consistently to products.
Generated by AI. Not medical advice.
How it works
- PointOpen the app on the scanner. No account needed.
- ScanHold the barcode flat. It reads as soon as it is sharp.
- ReadThe grade, the additives and the processing, in one screen.
- DecidePut it back or put it in. That part is still yours.
Built on open data, and it goes back
Every grade and ingredient list comes from Open Food Facts, the open database anyone can read. When you scan something that is not on file yet, we send it back so the next person finds it.
Your diet profile stays private and is never sold. App usage is counted without an account attached, and you can switch that off.
Watch Sprout get built
Kaibu is being made in the open. The scanner, the grades and the mascot all get posted as they happen.
Free and Premium
Free
No card, no trial to start
- Unlimited scans, with or without an account
- The grade, the additives and the processing
- What every ingredient is, in plain English
- Five personal verdicts a week
- Thirty days of synced history and your favourites
Kaibu Premium
$2.99 a month · $19.99 a year
- Unlimited personal verdicts
- Ingredients explained for your profile
- The weekly recap, every Sunday
- History that never expires
- Type a barcode when the camera cannot read it
14-day free trial on the yearly plan. Prices are set in the App Store.
Before you pick a scanner
Questions
Does it work without an account?
Yes. Scanning, grades and the ingredient breakdown all work signed out. An account adds synced history, favourites and your streak.
Where do the grades come from?
Open Food Facts, the open database that volunteers build. The grade shown is the product Nutri-Score grade, A to E, and the environmental one is the Green-Score.
What do you do with my data?
Your diet profile stays private and is never sold. Usage is counted without an account attached, and you can switch that off in Profile. You can delete your account from inside the app or from this site.
What if a product is missing?
You can add it. The record goes to Open Food Facts so the next person who scans that barcode finds it already there.
What does Premium add?
Unlimited personal verdicts, the weekly recap, and history that never expires. Free keeps five personal verdicts a week and 30 days of history.