My Halal Scanner

Is it halal? My Halal Scanner reads the ingredients on any packaged food and tells you in seconds — right there in the shop.

Every additive, every E-number, every hard-to-pronounce ingredient on the label is checked against a detailed halal and haram database. You get a clear verdict — HALAL, HARAM, DOUBTFUL or UNKNOWN — with the exact ingredients behind it highlighted, so you always see why.

★ SCAN THE INGREDIENTS LIST (NEW)
Read the printed ingredients list straight off the pack — no barcode needed, and it works even with no internet connection.
• Point your camera at the list and let it read
• Drag to crop to just the ingredients, so nothing else gets in the way
• Check and fix what the camera read before you analyse — you stay in control
• Re-scan in a tap if the light or the angle wasn't right
• Handles tiny print, curved packs and glossy labels
• Reads labels in the Latin alphabet (A, B, C…), in many languages

It deciphers the list for you: long chemical names, unfamiliar additives, code numbers — all matched, explained and turned into a verdict.

★ SCAN THE BARCODE
Got a barcode? Scan it for an instant check — the product's ingredients are pulled up and analysed the same way.

★ OR TYPE THE LIST IN
No clear label to scan? Type or paste an ingredients list yourself and get the same analysis.

WHAT YOU GET
• A clear HALAL / HARAM / DOUBTFUL / UNKNOWN verdict
• The exact problem ingredients or additives highlighted, with the reason
• Tap any ingredient to learn about it — pork, alcohol, gelatine, rennet, carmine, glycerine, E-numbers and more
• Set your own rules in Settings: how to treat alcohol, non-halal meat, doubtful additives, insect-derived colours and more
• A history of everything you've scanned
• Product search by name with a halal filter

12 LANGUAGES + DARK MODE
English, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Persian and Chinese.

HOW THE VERDICT WORKS
HALAL and HARAM mean a clear keyword match. DOUBTFUL means an ingredient's origin is unclear, such as gelatine or mono- and diglycerides of unspecified source. UNKNOWN means there isn't enough ingredient information. When in doubt, always check the packaging and the official halal certification — this app is a tool to help you, not a religious ruling.

Product data comes from OpenFoodFacts, a free and open food database you can also add to from inside the app.

This free version shows ads and asks for privacy (GDPR) consent where the law requires it. Want no ads plus a scan statistics screen? Get the premium version, My Halal Scanner Premium.

Recent changes:
★ New: ingredients list scanner

No barcode, or the product isn't in our data yet? Point your camera at the printed ingredients list, crop to the ingredients and fix any misreads. The app analyses every additive and E-number and gives the same HALAL / HARAM / DOUBTFUL verdict as a barcode scan — and it works offline. You can also type or paste a list yourself.

Also: faster scanning, redesigned history and search, dark-mode fixes.