SCANNER APP OVERVIEW
According to NielsenIQ's "The Accountability Era of Snacking" analysis (10 July 2026, cited by Reuters on 23 October 2026), 25% of surveyed consumers use third-party scanning apps to check ingredients, up eight percentage points from several months earlier. The public NielsenIQ summary does not state which countries were surveyed, so this figure is a general category signal rather than a measurement of Czech shoppers.
Shoppers looking for an app like Yuka usually want one of four things: a fast additive and nutrition check, a processed-food risk scale, a Czech-language E-number lookup for local groceries, or a daily calorie diary. The table and summaries below compare Blurrix alongside Yuka, ZOE, Open Food Facts, FÉR potravina, dTest, and Kalorické tabulky using public documentation checked on 27 October 2026.
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✓ Supported · ◐ Partial or different scope · ✗ Not supported
| Capability | Blurrix | Yuka | ZOE | Open Food Facts | FÉR potravina | dTest | Kalorické tabulky |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food barcode & ingredient check | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ◐ (E-numbers) | ◐ (calories & macros) |
| Cosmetics (INCI) hazard score | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ◐ (Open Beauty Facts) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dietary supplement score | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Front-of-pack claim check (SwaySniff) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Record completeness & data quality shown | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ◐ (raw community record) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Label photo OCR when barcode is missing | ✓ | ◐ (photo submission) | ◐ (meal photo logging) | ◐ (community upload) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Czech interface | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Application | What it scans | Scoring or analysis basis | Price (checked 2026-10-27) | Czech availability & language | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blurrix | Food, cosmetics, and dietary supplements (barcode, label photo OCR fallback, manual entry) | FoodScore, BeautySafe, and SupplementScore (0 to 100) plus SwaySniff front-of-pack claim check | Free early access & Base tier; Pro 299 CZK/mo (2,390 CZK/yr); Ultra 599 CZK/mo (4,990 CZK/yr) | Czech & English UI; web app at app.blurrix.com via early access (native store apps not yet public) | Blurrix database + Open Food Facts, Open Beauty Facts, Open Products Facts |
| Yuka | Food and cosmetics (does not rate supplements, alcohol, infant formula, sugar/honey, or pet food) | Food 0 to 100 (60% Nutri-Score, 30% additives with 49/100 high-risk cap, 10% organic); Cosmetics 0 to 100 (ingredient hazard levels) | Free core app; Premium from 10 EUR/yr in Europe (15 EUR/yr on web); CZK price unverified | Officially listed in 15 countries; Czechia and Czech UI not listed (Czech store availability unverified) | Proprietary Yuka database (3.6M to 4M food, 2M to 2.3M cosmetics) + user submissions |
| ZOE | Food only (barcode scanner and AI meal photo logging; no cosmetics or supplements) | ZOE Processed Food Risk Scale (NOVA context, additive count/type, hyperpalatability, energy density) | Free app download; ZOE Plus 15.99 USD/mo or 99.99 USD/yr (US); CZK price unverified | App region picker lists UK, US, IE, and NL; not offered in Czechia, no Czech UI | ZOE proprietary nutrition and processed-food database |
| Open Food Facts | Food barcodes (sister project Open Beauty Facts covers cosmetics) | Nutri-Score (A to E), NOVA processing group (1 to 4), and Green-Score | 100% free (non-profit association funded by donations) | Available in Czechia with a Czech interface on web, Android, and iOS | Crowdsourced open database under the Open Database License (ODbL) |
| FÉR potravina | Food barcodes and E-number additives | Additive (E-number) risk scale and ingredient / nutrition overview | Free on Google Play and App Store | Czech language, focused on Czech market foods | FÉR potravina association database |
| dTest | Food barcodes (for E-number lookup) and additive search | E-number safety classification (safe vs warning symbol) and independent consumer test catalogue | Free mobile app and E-number catalogue; full product test archive requires a paid dTest subscription (app tier price unverified) | Czech language, published by Czech consumer organization dTest | dTest additive catalogue and independent laboratory tests |
| Kalorické tabulky (complement) | Food barcodes for daily calorie and macronutrient logging | Daily energy and nutrient tracking against personal goals; no single product health or additive score | Free barcode scanning and diary; Premium subscription 899 CZK/yr (monthly price without login unverified) | Czech language; 200,000+ food items on the Czech and Slovak market | Kalorické tabulky Czech and Slovak food database |
Blurrix is a Czech and English web application that scans food, cosmetics, and dietary supplements by barcode, with label photo OCR and manual entry when a code is missing. Each product record shows its domain score (FoodScore, BeautySafe, or SupplementScore), per-dimension explanations, front-of-pack claim context (SwaySniff), and data status (model version, record completeness, and check date).
Yuka is an independent mobile scanner for food and cosmetics with a database of 3.6M to 4M food items and 2M to 2.3M cosmetic items across 15 officially supported countries. It scores food from Nutri-Score (60%), additives (30%, capped at 49/100 when a high-risk additive is present), and organic certification (10%), and does not rate dietary or protein supplements.
The ZOE app focuses on food only, combining barcode scanning and AI meal photo logging with its Processed Food Risk Scale, which builds on NOVA processing groups, additive count and type, hyperpalatability, and energy density. It is offered in the UK, US, Ireland, and the Netherlands, and is not offered in Czechia.
Open Food Facts is a free, volunteer-run non-profit project and open database (ODbL) available in Czech. Scanning a food barcode displays Nutri-Score, the NOVA processing group (1 to 4), and Green-Score environmental data; its sister project Open Beauty Facts covers cosmetics.
FÉR potravina is a free Czech mobile application focused on groceries sold in Czechia. It lets shoppers scan a food barcode or search E-numbers by name or code and explains each additive on its own risk scale alongside nutrition values.
Published by the Czech consumer organization dTest, the free mobile app includes a searchable catalogue of approved food additives (E-numbers) with safety and warning indicators and a barcode scanner that lists the E-numbers in a scanned food product, alongside access to dTest's independent product testing archive for subscribers.
Kalorické tabulky (Dine4Fit) is a Czech calorie and macronutrient diary rather than an ingredient-risk rating app. Because its database covers more than 200,000 Czech and Slovak food items with a fast barcode reader, many shoppers use it to track daily protein, fiber, and energy intake alongside a label-scanning tool.