Novaz: Food & Cosmetic Scanner

Novaz is a food scanner and cosmetic ingredient checker. Scan a barcode for a score out of 100, what pulled it up or down, and a better product on the shelf. Additives, sugar, salt, saturated fat, parabens, fragrance allergens, endocrine disruptors: Novaz names them, rates them, and shows you who says so. HOW THE SCORE WORKS For food: 60% nutrition, 30% additives, 10% organic certification. Nutrition uses the 2023 Nutri-Score algorithm from Santé publique France — the current version, not the old one. Energy, sugars, saturated fat and salt count against; fibre, protein and fruit, vegetables and legumes count for. Drinks have their own table, and so do fats, oils, nuts and seeds. Additives start at 100 and come down by risk; a high-risk one caps the whole score at 49 however clean the nutrition looks. For cosmetics, every INCI ingredient is rated on its own and the riskiest sets the…