FoodSwitch New Zealand
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About FoodSwitch New Zealand
Description:
Packaged foods can be surprisingly high in salt, fat and sugars. Use FoodSwitch for healthy grocery shopping and make better food choices for you and your family.
Take three simple steps to better health by reducing high levels of fat, salt and sugars in you and your family’s diet.
1. Scan barcodes of packaged foods with your camera and see what’s in the food you’re eating.
2. See similar foods that are healthier based on established nutrition criteria.
3. Share your healthier food choices with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email.
FoodSwitch comes with handy filters to suit different health needs:
- FoodSwitch Classic is for anyone looking to make generally healthier food choices.
- SaltSwitch has been designed to help people lower their salt intake and is great for people with, or being treated for, high blood pressure.
- GlutenSwitch is great for people with coeliac disease or a gluten intolerance who are looking for gluten-free products.
Features:
Immediate, easy-to-understand nutritional information from a large, independent, NZ packaged food products database.
Simple colour-coded ratings for 4 key food components (total fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt).
Get a list of healthier choices for the food you scan and switch to healthier choices where available.
Save your healthy favourites on personalised shopping lists.
Export your lists of healthier choices or share them with friends and family.
FoodSwitch was first developed in Australia by The George Institute for Global Health Australia. The NZ version of FoodSwitch is a partnership between The National Institute for Health Innovation, The George Institute for Global Health and Bupa New Zealand.
Download the app today and find out for yourself why key health organisations like FoodSwitch!
FoodSwitch is compatible with Android version 4.3 or above
For more information about FoodSwitch and answers to commonly asked questions, visit http://www.georgeinstitute.org/projects/foodswitch
Packaged foods can be surprisingly high in salt, fat and sugars. Use FoodSwitch for healthy grocery shopping and make better food choices for you and your family.
Take three simple steps to better health by reducing high levels of fat, salt and sugars in you and your family’s diet.
1. Scan barcodes of packaged foods with your camera and see what’s in the food you’re eating.
2. See similar foods that are healthier based on established nutrition criteria.
3. Share your healthier food choices with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email.
FoodSwitch comes with handy filters to suit different health needs:
- FoodSwitch Classic is for anyone looking to make generally healthier food choices.
- SaltSwitch has been designed to help people lower their salt intake and is great for people with, or being treated for, high blood pressure.
- GlutenSwitch is great for people with coeliac disease or a gluten intolerance who are looking for gluten-free products.
Features:
Immediate, easy-to-understand nutritional information from a large, independent, NZ packaged food products database.
Simple colour-coded ratings for 4 key food components (total fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt).
Get a list of healthier choices for the food you scan and switch to healthier choices where available.
Save your healthy favourites on personalised shopping lists.
Export your lists of healthier choices or share them with friends and family.
FoodSwitch was first developed in Australia by The George Institute for Global Health Australia. The NZ version of FoodSwitch is a partnership between The National Institute for Health Innovation, The George Institute for Global Health and Bupa New Zealand.
Download the app today and find out for yourself why key health organisations like FoodSwitch!
FoodSwitch is compatible with Android version 4.3 or above
For more information about FoodSwitch and answers to commonly asked questions, visit http://www.georgeinstitute.org/projects/foodswitch
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Product database update
Minor enhancements
Product database update
Minor enhancements
Version update FoodSwitch New Zealand was updated to version 2.2
Version update FoodSwitch New Zealand was updated to version 2.1
What are users saying about FoodSwitch New Zealand
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App claims an update needs downloading (a 14Mb update) that will happen while App is in use. Only nothing downloads. Message to App Developer: run updates via the App store, not via the App accessing a 3rd party server
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Never lets me do an update. Always says there is one but never downloads
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Used to be good but nothing happening for a long while. They should withdraw it from the store
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This App can rise in to it's full glory and all users should participate in it's growth...
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Valuable, easy to use app
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Easy to follow.
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This app was great. Tells me I have update available. This update doesn't download . Data getting worse. Bad reduction in better options. Whatever you paid the developer it was far too much. Very annoyed deleted and reinstalled program. NO CHANGE. Asked to photo a jar of vegemite for goodness sakes. Now asks for 3 photos of a 750g pack of Weet-Biz. How anyone gives better than 1 star beggars belief.
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Very simple use and look forward to updates to make it more versatile to use, like adding alternatives to a specific list made and also a compare option
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Loved it:-);-):-D
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Love that it doesn't just tell you something is bad but gives you better options. Would be great if it had allergy info. Eg you could choose what you want to avoid and the app would tell you if the food contains it. I'm allergic to honey which isn't as easy as nuts or gluten to identify in product ingredients
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Why is it that after updates to improve apps they are often worse. Now each time I start it it hangs and then says an update will download in the background but never does. - App is Broken
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The updates are rubbish I contacted the developers was told to uninstall and reinstall. Updates ruin apps . I have a Samsung s5.
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Use to work great. Now doesn't show healthier options
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Loved this App but after upgrade all my lists have disappeared have to start all over again taking photos etc now unhappy
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New update doesn't give you the better options like it use to.
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Hopefully this app can continue into the future with updates.
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Just reinstalled this and now it won't give me a list of the healthier options anymore
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So easy. Such a simple concept that will help educate many. And its nz homegrown. Cant find a food just take 3 photos they will add it. Brilliant.
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This App can rise in to it's full glory and all users should participate in it's growth...
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Seriously, first item I scan says it has 3.4g of sugar per 100g. But it completely leaves out the more important and massive 44.7g/100 of carbohydrate. Pretty misleading! Add carbohydrates and it might be worth using.
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You know how one day you finish a conversation with that would be awesome someone should totally make that...
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Disappointed Marmite is not listed. Did the 3 photo thing about 4 months ago.
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This is a great app, especially as it's free to download! Very informative & easy to use.
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If you're buying items with barcodes then its a good app to have, assuming the supermarket stocks the alternatives.
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Database increasing and getting more successful scans. The suggested alternatives are great and traffic lights are brilliant. Can't wait for them to be standard on all products across the supermarket shelves!
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Easy to follow.
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Great app
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Great easy app
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Have just started a healthy buzz and have no idea at all about healthy vs crappy. This app has helped me make smarter choices about the food that I buy
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There has been so much time between now and the last update. I bet there are a huge number of submissions waiting to be added. I like how simple it is to use, but more nutritional information would be good - Identifying common allergens (milk, gluten, soy, nuts, eggs, fructose etc), and whether or not a product is vegetarian. I think this has great potential and for many people, could become an essential shopping tool.
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Really like it. As a diabetic if you add total carbohydrates it will be perfect.
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Just keep forgetting to use it.
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For those of us who need to carb count for insulin doses please please please add in total carbs!
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I love this app. It takes the hard work out of label reading. It is color coded for GI values. You can create favorite lists. Yay !! To top it off you can be proactive and help out by taking photos and it will add the food item to the database. I am diabetic and this app will be the best way for me to make sure I make good choices. Brilliant and comprehensive.
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This app is awesome. .
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Needs to include carbs
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Seriously, first item I scan says it has 3.4g of sugar per 100g. But it completely leaves out the more important and massive 44.7g/100 of carbohydrate. Pretty misleading! Add carbohydrates and it might be worth using.
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Super easy and fast results. Traffic light system is easy to understand. I'm sure the food list will be more comprehensive with time
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If only the food companies could impliment this like in other counties. NZ would be a better place
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Nothing has changed. Still wants me to update which doesn't download. Still needs 3 photos of 380g jar of vegemite still offers no options to marmite. Get your act together.