Find more sustainable food choices for our planet with lower greenhouse impact
About ecoSwitch
ecoSwitch is a food & drink app developed by FoodSwitch.
Download Statistics
ecoSwitch has been downloaded 1.6 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 14 times.
User Ratings
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App Information
ecoSwitch is FREE to download. The APK download size is 32.87 MB. The latest version available is 3.0. The last update was on March 24, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2023.
Description
Did you know that the world's food system is responsible for around 30% to 40% of greenhouse gas emmission (GHGe).
You can make better choices for our planet with ecoSwitch. Simply scan a barcode to get a food's Planetary Health Rating, sustainability and health information and better alternatives.
ecoSwitch uses science-based algorithms developed by The George Institute for Global Health - an internationally respected medical research institute.
ecoSwitch is based on the same platform as our award-winning FoodSwitch app, with over 100,000 Australian packaged food items in its database, and is accredited by ORCHA with a review Score of 74% in 2020 making FoodSwitch app the most trusted source for health app advice
ecoSwitch will help you find better foods for our planet when grocery shopping
MAKING BETTER FOOD CHOICES FOR OUR PLANET IS FAST AND EASY
• Barcode Scanner --- Simply scan barcodes to view planetary health ratings and sustainablity information of packaged food products.
• Planetary Health Rating --- View how foods you scan contribute to greenhouse gas emissions with our simple star rating. The more stars a product has, the less harmful it is to our planet.
• Better Food Choices --- See recommendations for foods with lower carbon impact based on what you scan.
• Sustainablity Information --- Tap on an items to see more data such as sustainablity claims, country of origin information, and level of processing based on the NOVA classification.
• Health Star Rating mode --- View how healthy your scanned product is based on Health Star Ratings. The higher the star rating, the healthier the food is.
• Traffic Light Labels mode --- View key components of a food based on color-coded ratings. Red is high, Green is low and Amber is medium.
MORE FEATURES
• 'Help us out' by capturing photos of items not currently in our product database.
Check out this video. Professor Bruce Neal - Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health talks about the FoodSwitch program and its vision to improve health
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★★★★★
Beware app is not compatible with any tablets, no info is given why
★★★★★
Great app that supports choice of food for healthy life.
★★☆☆☆
Doesn't allow you to search for or pick items, you HAVE to scan a barcode in. Also doesn't recognize stores own brands and recommends brands that aren't available in the store, as in I can't find it in the stores app
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Technologies used by ecoSwitch
ecoSwitch is requesting 14 permissions and we don't have library information (yet).
Permissions
Network communication
view network connections,
full network access,
Google Play license check,
receive data from Internet
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