Epitope: Allergy Scanner

About

Epitope helps people with food allergies, and the parents and caregivers who look after them, check food labels faster and keep the records an allergist asks for. SCAN Point your camera at a barcode. Epitope looks the product up in Open Food Facts, and in USDA FoodData Central when Open Food Facts has no ingredient list, and compares its declared allergens and ingredient list with the allergens on your profile. No barcode, or no record? Photograph the ingredient list and Epitope reads it on your phone. Every result shows why it was flagged and the ingredient list it was based on, so you can check it against the package in your hand. CROSS-REACTIVITY WATCH Tell Epitope about related sensitizations such as birch pollen, latex or alpha-gal, and it points out foods that share a protein family with them. YOUR OWN WATCH LIST Add anything else you avoid, from additives and sweeteners to dyes, and scans flag them separately from your allergens. REACTION JOURNAL Log what happened, when, what you suspect, and what you did about it. Epitope highlights repeated triggers and builds a summary you can print for your allergist. CARDS YOU CAN HAND OVER An anaphylaxis action plan, a restaurant allergy card, a travel card translated into twelve languages, a school plan, and a one-page allergy history for an anesthesia team. Print them or save them as PDF. TRACKERS Auto-injector expiry dates, allergist appointments, oral food challenges, and growth measurements, with reminders when you open the app. FAMILY PROFILES Keep a separate profile for each person, each with their own allergens, journal and cards. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account. Everything you enter stays on your device. A product lookup sends only the barcode. You can export or erase your data at any time. IMPORTANT Epitope is an educational and record-keeping tool. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace your allergist. Product data comes from a public database and can be incomplete or out of date: always read the actual label. In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.