Yuka Reviews 202

Bad app. Plays into unscientific fear mongering. They proud themselves to follow scientific standards and expert panel advice. However, they randomly „overrule“ the same experts who’s advice they claim to follow, because they think that one publication they found erases the other 100 publications that couldn’t validate a claim. They have ZERO scientific integrity. They don’t follow necessary ethics or scientific procedures. Remember: their business is fear mongering. The more afraid you are the more money they make. I run a personal care brand and their system for cosmetic products can be easily gamed. We reduced transparency on ingredients, scrapped voluntary disclosure statements and got rewarded with a higher score. This is Yuka!

Honestly most of the bad reviews must be coming from product companies with bad ratings.
Subscription is a choice, you choose the amount.
Information is worth everything, most product already have a rating and it’s honestly eye opening. I changed a lot of my grocery routine since I downloaded the app.

The reason Yuka is great for me is I have to monitor and research food before I eat because I have Chronic Kidney Disease stage 3a and I have changed my diet to slow down the decline of my kidneys there is no cure. I still determine what I eat and 80% of my food is out of my garden. The rest I need to buy. It's so overwhelming getting it right but detrimental if you get it wrong. Anyway I use various resources to educate myself. But this helps in supermarkets eg I like Peanut Butter but not all are the same , the same with bread. So after checking labels I pick 3 that I'd probably buy then I scanned them and one that I felt I wouldn't probably buy came out on to as 90% on top. The others had additives I did not know of. The bread that came out on top was very expensive bit it's more expensive to be sick. I also sometimes test out cosmetics and beauty products etc and I have changed many of the products I used to buy that go on my skin. I'm wanting to live as healthy as I can and this tool makes it a little easier to pick a better product out of three I think are fantastic. If they all come out with a poor rating, I walk away. Sometimes they give a recommendation if there is one.

The biggest positive is how user friendly this app is. I’ve had very few issues with an item not being scanned.
I really loved the app at first, especially for checking cosmetics. However, I’ve noticed some inconsistencies in the ratings and it makes me wonder just how much I can trust the information this app provides. For example, a bag of Naked granola was rated “excellent” but has 15 g of sugar per serving! There’s also other products rated “excellent,” but contain seed oils or MSG. The sardines I buy from wild planet in extra-virgin olive oil, high in omega’s and protein, but low in sodium were rated “good.” With so many positives, I was expecting them to be excellent…in my opinion, they are and I still eat them regularly. It would be wonderful to scan food and get an accurate reading, but I don’t think it’s possible with this app so I’ve decided to delete it, and go on the knowledge I’ve accumulated by educating myself about additives, unhealthy sugars, and seed oils.

Having used this app for a few months I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that it is misleading and potentially dangerous. A product scan will immediately produce some factual information but it is accompanied by misleading and highly judgemental comments. Comments like ‘Bad’ ‘poor’ are subjective and anecdotal and they provide no empirical basis for such opinionated assertions. Bad for whom and in what context are they poor?

They appear to be obsessed with carbs in general and sugar in particular where almost invariably anything containing them is damned as ‘too caloric’ (by which I think they mean calorific). There are so many variables around calorie consumption that such a comment is perverse and meaningless. For example,I was amazed when the verdict that organic jumbo oats was condemned as too ‘caloric.’ The app has no way of knowing the other food an individual has eaten so they would only be ‘too caloric’ if the daily intake of calories had been exceeded elsewhere. In addition, the comment takes no account of the quantity giving rise to such a value judgement. For example is 5 grams or 200 grams ‘too caloric.’ There is no way of knowing from the app so the comment is meaningless.

In view of this, due to the superficiality of the comments, in my view they are potentially dangerous. If, for example, someone with an eating disorder were to read the unsubstantiated comments about calorific value, it could potentially lead to a conviction that otherwise healthy food is to be avoided. I tried to put myself in the shoes of someone who had eating issues and found that were I to take the app at face value, I would only be eating fruit and vegetables.

This app is immensely useful, allowing me to find out the contents of packaged foods. Yuka reads the bar code on packaging and provides a list of the contents, including additives. It makes clear which additives are harmful to health. I use the Yuka app whenever I go shopping for food, cosmetics, toothpaste.

Used to use and love app! But when the rating for Simple Truth organic tart cherry juice was rated 100/100 a month ago and I then drank it every evening before going to bed. Now the same juice is rated “poor” 49/100. I feel I have been scam about thinking I was drinking something healthy. I am returning my 5 jars tomorrow. 😡

I tried it and it was actually really good Its easy to use but it only scans skincare,food and some more 4 stars

I used to rely on this app for everything, but unfortunately, they do not fact check the information that’s provided to them about each product, they rely solely on the manufacturers label even if it’s inaccurate or misleading. I would be very careful in the future using this app until they base their approval on actual facts.

I am not exactly sure when I started using it, but it's definitely been more than 4 years. I rely on this app every time I want to switch shampoo, cream or even toothpaste.
My mum ended up using it as well, she is even scanning the liquid soap and grocery items.
I upgraded the paid version over a year ago, and honestly €20 a year is nothing compared to the value it provides.
Thank you for this app!

I was told about Yuka 4 months ago & I don't know how I've lived without it. I threw out my shampoo, bath products. body lotion etc. etc. I'm horrified to find out how much rubbish I was putting on my face & body, products that in some cases were for sensitive skin & just making it worse. I hope that companies that add bad additives will find that their sales plummet as more people discover this wonderful app. I won't buy any food unless I've scanned it first. Often the reason that food has a bad rating will be too much salt, sugar, saturated fats. I think it's important to join because if you use if for free you're not supporting Yuka, I'm informed if food contains palm oil & is vegetarian which means that I don't have to constantly search the ingredients. You can ask to be informed if something contains gluten, lactose, soy. I noticed people complaining that if they order online they are unable to scan the barcode, if you join you can search the product. can't recommend this app highly enough.

I signed up for a one-year subscription to the upgraded services and then was unable to sign in to my account. Basically, the app states that it will send me a link to change my password and then I never get an email with a link. I have tried contacting them dozens of time via their website and using my phone but no response. They stole my money and have discarded me.

I am so grateful my workout partner told me about this app...I paid extra in order to scan bar codes at the grocery store. truly a great tool. many old time favorites went back on the shelf... new, better choices made...!

Great app! Well done :))

Downloaded the free Yuka app and suddenly i had a £40.56 charge from 24Hstation. So much for the app being free. Dont trust this app

Pretty good, the only problem I have is sometimes the alternative products are..... it's hard to explain but here's an example. Spegetti and sausage hoops ▻ wholewheat spaghetti. Like....

It’s not reliable at all. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve wasted money on products that scored excellent on the app but when I got them and scanned the barcode it’s scored low. There’s products (which are the exact same) that score poor, good and excellent all for the same product. It’s very misleading, especially when this app was done so people use less bad chemicals to take better care of their health only to keep getting incorrect scoring when their products arrive. I’ve emailed them multiple times to show them this keeps happening, but clearly they haven’t bothered to find a solution and it’s only getting worse.

Watch out! I downloaded the app and my phone got hacked and transactions I didn't recognise began coming out of my account from a gaming website called playgamesforever.com. Deleted the app but the bank cannot refund me money

I have been using Yuka since many years, first in Europe (I am European) and then in the US. I do not go shopping to any of the large supermarkets without my phone, scanning every product that goes into my cart. Same for my wife, and now my son, daughter and their family. It is sensational, an essential tool to help improve the health of consumers. Ah, and by the way, not only food...cosmetics as well !