Scan Food Free — Instant Calories and Nutrition From Any Photo or Barcode

FoodIdentifier's free food scanner lets you scan any food from a photo or barcode and get instant calories, macros, ingredients, and allergens in seconds. No app download required. No sign-up needed. Works in any browser on any device.

Photo Scanning vs Barcode Scanning

Photo scanning identifies any meal, home-cooked dish, or restaurant food from a single image using AI. Barcode scanning provides exact nutrition facts from the product label — ideal for packaged foods and groceries.

How to Scan Food Free

  1. Open foodidentifier.com/scan in any browser on your phone or computer
  2. Choose photo scanning for meals or barcode scanning for packaged products
  3. Get instant calories, macros, ingredients, and allergens in under 5 seconds
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Scan Food Free — Instant Calories and Nutrition From Any Photo or Barcode

FoodIdentifier lets you scan food from a photo or barcode to estimate calories, macros, ingredients, and allergens in seconds. It works in your browser with no app required. For packaged foods, barcode results are usually most accurate.

Quick Answer

  • • Photo scanning: Upload meal images to estimate calories
  • • Barcode scanning: Scan packaged foods for exact nutrition data
  • • No signup required: Start scanning instantly — upgrade for unlimited

Last updated: 2026

Choose Your Scan Method

Scan meals with your camera or check packaged foods by barcode

Scan Food Photo

Perfect for meals, home-cooked dishes, restaurant food

✓AI recognizes ingredients
✓Instant calorie estimates
✓Edit portions & ingredients

Scan Barcode

Perfect for packaged foods, groceries, snacks

✓Full ingredients list
✓Additives & allergens
✓Verified nutrition facts

Why Food Identifier Beats Single-Method Apps

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Photo + Barcode

Other apps do only one. We do both.

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Editable Results

Fix portions & ingredients for accuracy.

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Confidence Scores

See how reliable each estimate is.

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