Skincare
Scan a skincare label.
INCI names, translated, with the rule that governs each one attached.
Coming first to Android.
A cosmetics list is INCI: Latin and chemical names in an order set by regulation rather than by anything a shopper would recognise. Preservatives, emulsifiers and the twenty-six declarable fragrance allergens all appear under names that give nothing away. UnPeel translates each one, shows where the EU and the FDA stand on it, and links the rule it is quoting. Rinse-off and leave-on are judged separately, because the restrictions are different — methylisothiazolinone is banned in one and capped in the other.
On the label
Methylisothiazolinone
What it actually is
A preservative with an allergy record
The EU banned it from leave-on cosmetics in 2017. It is still allowed, capped, in anything you rinse straight off.
What the app shows
Can sensitise skin
Documented contact allergen
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Photograph
Point at the ingredients panel. Your phone reads it on-device.
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Decode
Every ingredient matched, and judged in the right context for that kind of product.
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Score
One number, 0–10 — and the effects behind it.
What can I scan — and does it really work on non-food?
Anything with an ingredients panel: food, skincare, supplements, pet food and household products. You never pick a category — the app works out what it is looking at, and a serum, a bag of kibble and a bottle of bleach each get an analysis written for that kind of product, rather than a food analysis awkwardly reused.
Coming first to Android.
No public date yet. One free scan a week, and the same analysis for everyone.
Coming first to Android.