Label Lantern Coming soon for iPhone

In development

Your label,
explained.

Point at an ingredient label. See every recognised additive, what it does and the relevant source—privately, even offline.

See how it works Look inside the app

Coming soon for iPhone. Label Lantern is being prepared for launch.

A shopper checking a packaged food label with her phone at a bright outdoor market
Designed for the labels you meet in everyday life.
Label Lantern results showing recognised additives with explanations and source links

RecognisedExplained in plain language

01On your deviceYour label is processed on this device.

02Useful offlineThe core experience works offline.

03No accountScan without signing up.

From dense to clear

The label gives you words.
Label Lantern adds context.

It does not hide the reasoning behind a mystery score. You can check what was recognised, understand each supported additive and open the source when you want more detail.

A man scanning the ingredient panel of a packaged food in a supermarket
In the aisle, with the product still in your hand.

A calm three-step flow

Read before you decide.

  1. 01

    Point at an ingredient label

    Photograph the ingredient list or choose a photo you already have.

  2. 02

    Check the recognised text

    Review what the app found and correct the wording before relying on the result.

  3. 03

    Read the explanation

    Understand what each recognised additive does. Read the source when you want more detail.

A woman checking the label on a jar with her phone at a sunlit food market
Bright, useful context wherever you shop.

Clear about what it knows

An explanation,
not a verdict.

Label Lantern separates the words it recognised, the additive it matched, the explanation it provides and the official source behind the regional context.

Recognised
The text from your label—ready for you to check.
Explained
What the supported additive does, in plain language.
Sourced
The relevant context, with official references nearby.
Understand the full process

Inside Label Lantern

The evidence stays close.

Recognition, correction, regional context and official sources stay part of the same calm flow.

Label Lantern scanner home with camera and photo-library choices
01Start with a labelCamera or photo library
Recognised ingredient text editor for checking and correcting the scan
02Check the wordingCorrect recognition before matching
Results showing recognised food additives and their plain-language purposes
03Understand the resultPurpose, context and sources
Food-label region selector in Label Lantern
04Choose the label regionRelevant regulatory context

Made for ordinary shopping

Different products.
The same clear process.

A man scanning a cereal box in a supermarket
Cereal box
An older woman scanning a sauce jar at a market
Sauce jar
A man scanning a can at an outdoor food market
Canned food
A woman scanning a snack packet in a supermarket
Snack packet

A useful boundary

Clarity before judgement

A recognised additive is one piece of information.

It does not establish whether the whole food is safe, unsafe, healthy, unhealthy, legal, illegal or suitable for a particular person.

A clearer look at the label

Label Lantern is
coming soon.

The iPhone app is in development. Until launch, explore how it works and how privacy is built into the core experience.

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