Simply open the app, navigate to the camera screen, and point your device at the barcode of a product. The app will quickly recognize the barcode and provide a list of allergens, highlighting any potential incompatibility with your allergen profile.

Our app currently detects a wide range of common allergens, including gluten, lactose, nuts, soy and eggs. We are continually updating our allergen database to include new allergens.

Yes! You can customize allergen alerts based on your dietary restrictions. Go to the settings section in the app to select which allergens you’d like to be alerted about.

If you encounter incorrect ingredient recognition, you can report the issue directly in the app. We also use Google ML Kit and other advanced tools to ensure accurate text and ingredient recognition, but user feedback is invaluable in helping us improve our service.

Yes, the Allergy Assistant app is available for both iOS and Android devices. You can download it from the App Store for iOS and Google Play Store for Android.

While the app requires an internet connection to fetch certain product information, some features, such as ingredient scanning can work offline. For the best experience, we recommend using the app with an active internet connection.

Absolutely! The app supports multiple allergen detection in a single scan, so you can scan a product and get alerts for all allergens you've specified in your allergen profile.

Yes, we welcome user contributions! If you find a product not yet in our database, you can upload the details, and we’ll review them for inclusion. We aim to expand our database to include as many products as possible.