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Yuka scans food and cosmetic products and rates their health impact out of 100, flagging additives and ingredients of concern and suggesting better-rated products. NutriOptio is a meal tracker: it logs everything you eat, including unpackaged food, and grades it for glycemic load, Nutri-Score and processing.
| NutriOptio | Yuka | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is built for | Grading meals for your goal: logs what you eat and scores its quality, not only its calories | Deciphering product labels for food and cosmetics |
| Food quality score | Nutri-Score (A to E) on every food, plus a daily wellness score weighted to your goal | Its own score out of 100 per product |
| Glycemic index and glycemic load | Yes, glycemic index and glycemic load on every food | Not listed on their site |
| NOVA processing level | Yes, NOVA group 1 to 4 on every food | Not listed on their site |
| Meal and calorie tracking | Yes: calories, macros and a daily score | Not listed on their site (its product pages flag "too caloric") |
| Photo meal logging | Yes, Essential plan and above | Not listed on their site |
| Voice logging | Yes, free | Not listed on their site |
| Barcode scanning | Yes, free on the website and in the app | Yes, its core feature |
| Works in a web browser | Yes, free web app plus iPhone and Android | Not listed on their site; App Store and Google Play |
| Advertising | None | None; says brands cannot pay to advertise on it |
| Also covers | Allergen checks, GLP-1 reduced-appetite mode, Apple Health and Health Connect activity | Cosmetics, including flags for potential endocrine disruptors and irritants |
Yuka column: from yuka.io/en, checked October 2026. “Not listed on their site” means we did not find it there; the app may still offer it. Prices are left out for both apps because they change by region and promotion: check the App Store or Google Play.
Choose Yuka if you mainly want to check packaged products in the shop, including cosmetics, and like a single score per product.
Choose NutriOptio if you want to track whole meals, including home-cooked and restaurant food without a barcode, and see the blood-sugar impact through glycemic load.
Many people use both: a product scanner in the aisle, and a meal tracker for what actually ends up on the plate.
Yuka scans food and cosmetic products and rates their health impact out of 100, flagging additives and ingredients of concern and suggesting better-rated products. NutriOptio is a meal tracker: it logs everything you eat, including unpackaged food, and grades it for glycemic load, Nutri-Score and processing.
Yuka is the better fit if you mainly want to check packaged products in the shop, including cosmetics, and like a single score per product.
NutriOptio is the better fit if you want to track whole meals, including home-cooked and restaurant food without a barcode, and see the blood-sugar impact through glycemic load.
Yes, there is a free tier on iPhone, Android and the web, and on the website you can scan a barcode or search any food without an account. In the app, voice logging and barcode scanning are free. Photo logging and the AI coach are part of the paid plans.
Search any food, or scan a barcode, for its glycemic load, Nutri-Score and NOVA group — free in your browser, no account needed.
Open the free web appYuka is a trademark of its owner. NutriOptio is not affiliated with or endorsed by Yuka. If anything here about Yuka is out of date, email contact@nutrioptio.com and we will correct it.