Proccy reads a food barcode or ingredient label and shows a NOVA processing score — computed on your iPhone with deterministic rules, never an AI guess. Everything you scan stays on your phone.
Make sure the barcode is centered in the viewfinder and well-lit — Proccy only reads codes inside the frame, so it never picks up a neighboring product by accident, and it waits for a steady read before accepting a code.
If a product still isn't found, it may not yet be in the Open Food Facts database. You can add it yourself in seconds: snap the ingredient label and Proccy's on-device OCR reads the list and scores it immediately.
Proccy falls back to label scanning: photograph the ingredient list, and the product is added to your personal pantry with a full NOVA score. In this version of Proccy your additions are yours alone — they live on your phone and are never submitted anywhere.
NOVA classifies foods by processing level — group 1 (unprocessed) through group 4 (ultra-processed) — based on analysis of the ingredient list. Proccy applies published, deterministic rules on-device; the result screen shows exactly which ingredients and processing markers placed a product in its group.
Scores are educational estimates based on ingredient lists, not medical advice.
You don't need to ask us — we never have it. Scan history, label photos, and products you add all live only on your iPhone. Deleting the app deletes everything. If you have any questions, email [email protected].
Barcode lookups need a connection to query product data from Open Food Facts. Everything else works offline: previously scanned products, your pantry, label OCR, and NOVA scoring all run on-device.
No — and it couldn't be: Proccy has no accounts and no analytics, and your scan history never leaves your phone, so there is nothing to sell. Brand badges in the app are earned through a published formula (scan volume, verification count, median NOVA) — never through paid claims.
Your scan history, pantry, and label photos are stored only on your iPhone. When you scan a barcode, only the barcode number is sent to Open Food Facts (an open, non-profit food database) to fetch product details — no account, identifier, or location goes with it. See the Posaria privacy policy for full details.