Shop for Your Dietary Restrictions
Trash Panda is a food scanner app for people who need to know exactly what's in their food. Scan a barcode at the grocery store and it flags the ingredients your diet rules out, then rates the whole ingredient list.
Pick your diet below for what Trash Panda flags, where those ingredients hide, and product lists our team has picked.
Dietary restrictions Trash Panda supports
Flags wheat and hidden gluten like malt, barley and spelt. For celiac disease, gluten sensitivity, Hashimoto's or preference.
Flags milk and hidden dairy like whey and casein. For a milk allergy, lactose intolerance or preference.
Flags eggs and hidden egg like albumin and lysozyme, plus foods made with egg like marshmallows and mayonnaise.
Flags soy, soybean oil and soy lecithin, plus hidden soy like tamari and miso.
Flags tree nuts and nut-based ingredients like marzipan and praline. It doesn't cover peanuts.
Flags meat, fish and hidden animal ingredients like gelatin and animal rennet.
Flags every animal ingredient, including dairy, eggs and honey, and less obvious ones like carmine and shellac.
How Trash Panda works with your diet
- Scan any barcode. Trash Panda reads the ingredient list and flags ingredients that contain gluten, dairy, egg, soy, tree nuts or animal products.
- Set your restrictions. Choose as many as you need and Trash Panda customizes your scan results around them. Ingredient preferences come with a Trash Panda subscription.
- See the whole picture. Every product gets a rating based on all of its ingredients, so a free-from label doesn't hide food dyes, seed oils or added sugar.
- Know why. Tap any ingredient to see why it's flagged and read the research behind it.
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If you're managing a food allergy
Trash Panda reads ingredient lists. It can't tell you whether a product was made on shared equipment, and it doesn't certify anything as allergen-free. Use it to rule products out fast, and check the allergen statement and any "may contain" warning on anything you plan to eat.
What Trash Panda's food scanner checks for you
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Avoid food dyes like Red 40, Red 3, Yellow 5, Blue 1, etc.
Scan food and spot seed oils like canola, soybean, sunflower and other refined oils.
Flag foods containing soy, dairy, gluten, and eggs.
Scan ingredients and spot ultra processed foods instantly.
Tap any ingredient to read the research behind every flag.
Bioengineered is another term for Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs.
Dietary restrictions FAQ
Product ingredients can change, so Trash Panda may not always be accurate. Always check the packaging for potential allergens.