Scan Food for Allergens Before You Eat | AllergyLens
Frequently asked questions
- Does AllergyLens say a dish is safe to eat?
- No. It gives a four-level result — detected, suspected, not detected, or uncertain. It never reduces the question to a yes or no.
- Which allergens does it check?
- Ten built in: peanut, tree nut, milk, egg, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame and gluten — plus any custom allergen you add.
- What does suspected mean?
- The AI sees something it cannot rule in or out with confidence. Suspected is the honest answer, and it is the one that matters most for an allergy.
- Are my photos uploaded?
- No. The vision runs on device and profiles stay on device.
The short answer
Eating out with food allergies shouldn't feel like a gamble.
AllergyLens uses your camera and on-device AI vision to check any dish for the allergens that matter to you — in seconds, before the first bite.
Know before you eat
Point your camera at a plate, menu or ingredient label, and AI flags allergens from your profile. The result is one of four levels:
- detected
- suspected
- not detected
- uncertain
Why there is no "safe" verdict
This is the design decision that matters, and it is worth being explicit about: AllergyLens never says a dish is safe.
It gives you four levels rather than one binary, because the honest answer in a restaurant is usually not a yes or no. Suspected and uncertain are the two that carry the information — they say the tool saw something it could not resolve, which is precisely when you should ask the restaurant rather than trust a screen.
What it checks against
Ten allergens are built in — peanut, tree nut, milk, egg, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame and gluten — plus any custom allergen you add.
On device
The vision runs on device and profiles stay on device. No ads, no data selling.
That is not a footnote here. An allergy profile is health information about your family, and an app that photographs plates should not be sending them anywhere.