Scan any barcode. Know what’s inside.
KiP shows you what’s really in your food in plain English — teaspoons of sugar, sachets of salt, traffic-light verdict in seconds. Built for the 12 million UK adults living with diabetes or prediabetes — and anyone who wants to know what’s really in their food. Free. Works offline. No account needed.
Three taps, one verdict.
Point your phone’s camera at any barcode. KiP reads the label, decodes what’s really in it, and tells you in plain language — not industry jargon. The whole loop takes about five seconds.
Scan
Open KiP, point at the barcode. Works offline once you’ve scanned a product before. No login, no sign-up.
Decode
Sugar in teaspoons. Salt in sachets. Traffic-light verdict (green / amber / red) tuned to your profile if you’ve set one (diabetes / hypertension / family / general).
Decide
Tap Bought, Put back, or Just looking. KiP remembers what you decided, no judgement. Your scan history is yours.
The label, decoded.
Most food labels are written for regulators, not for you. KiP translates them into the language your body actually speaks — and surfaces the things the front of the pack doesn’t want you to notice.
Teaspoons, not grams
4g of sugar = 1 teaspoon. KiP shows you the actual teaspoons hiding in a serving. A “low-fat” yogurt with 16g of sugar is 4 teaspoons.
Sachets, not milligrams
0.6g of salt = 1 standard McDonald’s sachet. KiP shows you how many sachets are dissolved into a serving. A bowl of soup can be 4 sachets.
Green / amber / red, tuned to you
The general thresholds aren’t the diabetes thresholds. Set your profile and KiP recalibrates — products that pass for the general public might still flag red for you.
60+ hidden sugar names
Sucrose, maltodextrin, dextrose, agave, glucose syrup, invert sugar, fruit-juice concentrate, and 50+ others. KiP catches every one of them and adds them up.
SaK suggests better swaps
When KiP flags red, SaK (Scan and Know) looks for alternatives in the same category that beat the original on sugar or salt — including products from the I500 community-shop network.
Your taps build the evidence base
Every Bought / Put back / Just looking tap helps the I500 hit-rate evidence base grow. Anonymous by default. No name, no location, just the choice. Read the privacy posture →
Three voices in your pocket.
KiP isn’t a single app voice. It’s three characters with three jobs — the explainer, the suggester, and the analyst. Each shows up at the right moment in your scan.
A food literacy tool. Not a medical app.
KiP is built to help you read food the way it’s actually written. It tells you what’s in the package and what those numbers mean for your body. It does not diagnose, prescribe, treat, or replace clinical advice.
If you have diabetes, hypertension, or any clinical condition, KiP works alongside your GP, dietitian, or specialist nurse — not instead of them. The verdicts it shows are calibrated against published nutritional thresholds; the product advice you should follow is the advice your clinical team gives you.
ScanSmart Ltd does not hold or process medical records. Your KiP profile is a preference setting, not clinical data. Per the published privacy posture, KiP captures what you scan and what you decide; it does not capture who you are. Full privacy posture →
Open KiP. Scan something. See what’s actually in it.
Free. No account needed. Works on any phone with a camera. Takes 30 seconds to install to your home screen as a Progressive Web App — no App Store download required.
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