Bethany Skorik loves to entertain, and up until recently, her grocery store purchases were based on flavor, color and, ...

Yuka, which Kennedy has called “invaluable,” assigns health scores to food. But can it actually help people make better choices?

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 13 (UPI) --Consumers might notice more people these days taking cellphone photos of products on supermarket shelves. What they actually are doing is checking those products ...

If focusing on your health ... app says. “Yuka specifically uses a scoring system that determines if a food is good or bad.

I’m using the free mobile app Yuka, which scans the barcodes of food ... on their health. I’m now one of those people. There is no doubt that it’s an unhealthy preoccupation to scan everythi ...

Yuka lets users scan the bar codes of food ... it's risky." Among the brands that have had dialogue with Yuka are Tru drinks and Chobani, Chapon said. Ultimately, Chapon said she hopes the app ...

New Diet App Helps You Scan Food, Count Calories 01:03 The new DietSensor app showcased at CES 2016 uses an optical scanner to analyze the nutritional value of the food you eat. It's designed to ...

Food apps that rate the healthfulness of packaged foods have become increasingly popular. You can scan a food package ... by the ingredients. But it's helpful to see how products are scored ...

I tip it over slightly, so I can see ... it’s hardly surprising. According to their website, Yuka is ‘an app that scans food and cosmetic products in order to know their impact on your health’.

Experts say that apps and influencers can empower consumers, but they can also mislead or oversimplify complex issues when it comes to health and nutrition. (Photo Illustration: Carl Godfrey for ...