It has always been known that there are two types of people, those who do not look at labels and those who do. Some people are interested in what they eat or drink, in the material of the clothes they wear or want to know how it affects the properties of the cosmetic product they have just used. Today we are going to advise you on the best nutrition applications in case you are one of those people who is interested in labels and wants, through your smartphone or tablet, to read all the information that is often not within our reach.

The best known mobile nutrition applications that offer the consumer valid information to choose the best products are:

-The coconut
-Yuka
-MyRealFood

ElCoco is the simplest application that evaluates the scanned product based on two criteria: the nutriscore system, which offers a global nutritional assessment of the food based on its composition, and the NOVA Classification, which qualifies the degree of food processing (from 1 for unprocessed to level 4 for ultra-processed). The problem with this double scoring system is that the message the user receives can be somewhat confusing, as there are cases where Nutriscore evaluates the product as "nutritionally healthy" while the NOVA rating gives it a lower score and recommends avoiding its consumption.

Yuka follows three criteria to classify food and drink and weighs them in the following way: its nutritional quality according to Nutriscore (60%), the presence of additives (30%) and whether the product is organic (10%). From there, the scan classifies the product as bad, mediocre, good, and excellent. Likewise, in the event that the food is not considered optimal, the application recommends a healthier one.

Finally, MyRealFood bases its analysis of the scanned product on the NOVA classification, dividing the food into 3 groups: "real food", "good processed" and "ultra processed". It also includes an evaluation for additives, following the opinions of EFSA. Regarding nutritional assessments, the app warns the user when a product has a high content of saturated fat, sugar, salt or energy. And, like Yuka, she recommends healthier alternatives.