Tallow: Healthy Food Scanner

Tallow is a healthy food scanner and ingredient checker. Scan a barcode and see the seed oils, additives and dyes in your food, checked against the standards you set. Tallow is also a cosmetic scanner.

Point your camera at any packaged food, drink, supplement or personal care product. Barcode won't scan? Snap the front of the pack and Tallow finds the product by name; if it isn't sure, Photo Analysis builds a page from your photo. Either way, you see what is in it, in plain English.

WHAT IS INCLUDED AT NO COST
• Unlimited barcode scanning, plus photo search and Photo Analysis when a barcode won't scan
• Your standards verdict: a thumbs up or down against your standards, with the check that failed
• The full ingredient list, each ingredient rated Good, Caution or Avoid and explained
• Lab results on 1,700+ tested products
• Nutrition facts, where available
• The restaurant map and the local farms map

YOUR STANDARDS
Pick from 30 standards, including:
• Seed oils, artificial ingredients, ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4), possibly GMO, insects and lab-grown meat
• Allergens: gluten (wheat, barley, rye and regular oats), dairy, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, eggs, sesame, fish and shellfish
• Vegan, vegetarian, halal, kosher and a pregnancy check
• High sugar, carbs, sodium or saturated fat, and the riskiest packaging
One failed check means a thumbs down. Checks Tallow has no data for show a "?". Allergen and gluten checks read the ingredient list only and cannot detect cross-contact, so Tallow never calls a product allergen-free or gluten-free. Halal and kosher need a certification.

SEED OIL CHECKER
Canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed, rice bran and peanut oil are flagged by name, including when a label hides them as "vegetable oil" or shortening.

SKIN CARE, SHAMPOO AND PERSONAL CARE
Tallow scores more than 50,000 personal care products, including skin care, shampoo and conditioner, body lotion, sunscreen, deodorant, toothpaste and makeup.

LAB-TESTED CONTAMINANTS
More than 1,700 products have independent lab results for heavy metals, PFAS and other contaminants that never appear on an ingredient list: what was found, what was not detected, and the limit each is measured against.

KID-SAFE MODE
With Premium, Kid-Safe Mode takes 5 points off the Tallow score of any product never independently lab tested.

RESTAURANT MAP
A map of restaurants across the U.S., rated on seed oil use, additives and plastic contact by Tallow and by the community, with a seed-oil-free filter.

LOCAL FARMS MAP
Find more than 40,000 farms, farmers markets, CSAs, farm stands and food hubs near you. Filter by raw milk, eggs, meat, dairy, honey and baked goods.

MISSING A PRODUCT?
Photograph the front of the pack and the ingredient label. We research it and add it to the catalog.

TALLOW PREMIUM
Premium unlocks:
• The 0 to 100 Tallow score and its line-by-line Score breakdown
• Healthier Swaps: better-scoring products from the same shelf
• Product search and category browsing, plus Search with AI for products a typed search misses
• Scores across your history and saved products
• Offline scanning

Premium is an auto-renewing subscription billed through Google Play. Cancel any time in the Play Store under Payments & subscriptions.

Tallow sends data to third-party AI services: your photos (photo search, Photo Analysis, Detox, product contributions, review photos), to read the pack or check the photo; text you type (Search with AI, reviews, cancellation answers); and ingredient names, rated from our published scoring rubric. Photo Analysis lists ingredients from the label, or else from what the AI knows about the product.

Tallow is an informational tool for reading labels. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition. Speak to a healthcare professional for medical or dietary advice.

Terms: https://tallow.app/terms
Privacy: https://tallow.app/privacy

Recent changes:
• Photo Analysis: when Tallow can't tell which product a photo shows, AI builds a product page from your photo, with each ingredient rated and checked against your standards.
• Search with AI, for Premium: finds products a typed search misses.
• 30 standards to choose from, including allergens, vegan, vegetarian, halal, kosher and a pregnancy check. Pick yours in Settings > Food standards.
• New users get a quick tour of their first scan.
• Camera and scanning fixes, plus many small fixes.