In development

Your label,
explained.

Label Lantern is a food additive scanner for iPhone. Point at an ingredient label, check the recognised text and understand supported additives in plain language—with regional sources, privately and even offline.

See the scanner 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 — Designed for the labels you meet in everyday life.

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.

01
Point at an ingredient label
Photograph the ingredient list or choose a photo you already have.
02
Check the recognised text
Review what the app found and correct the wording before relying on the result.
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

One worked example

From label text to a source you can check.

This example reflects the current reviewed seed catalogue. It explains a match; it does not judge the whole product.

Recognised textCitric acid (E330)

You check the words before the app matches them.

Plain-language purposeAdjusts acidity and tartness.

It may provide flavour, acidity control or support preservation, depending on the product.

Regional contextAustralia and New Zealand

The current seed links to Food Standards Australia New Zealand and shows the review date and coverage limits.

Read the sources and methodology

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 a verified App Store or TestFlight link is available, explore the scanner, its sources and its privacy approach.

See the scanner Sources Privacy

Your label,explained.

The label gives you words.Label Lantern adds context.

Read before you decide.

Point at an ingredient label

Check the recognised text

Read the explanation

An explanation,not a verdict.