Just recently, I was wishing for a great app for my phone that would remind me which fruits and vegetables were in season around the country. While I didn’t find any that I liked on seasonality of foods, I saw a few others that might be helpful to families trying to make better food choices for their families and the planet.
Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Guide helps you identify which types of fish are best to purchase or avoid. These are based on health and sustainability.
The Environmental Working Group also has an app called the Dirty Dozen that reminds you which types of produce have the most and least amount of residual toxins in them, after they have been washed and prepared to eat.
And this morning, I came across this one called IScanMyFood – it scans ingredients and checks them against a food additive database, telling you which ingredients you should avoid. Here’s a video that goes over the features. (I have no association with this product, but think it’s really cool!).
Michelle,
My favorite recipe apps are the ones from Whole Foods & Epicurious. They just have a wide range of recipes and they both did a great job with the design and experience.
Personally, my favorite “foodie” app right now is How to Cook Everything by Culinate & Mark Bittman. It has everything I need. Love it!
I hope that Food Essentials Scanner app becomes available on the Android soon since we have food sensitivities & reading labels is so burdensome. This app is strong on helpful information to decode the ingredients in foods, but a little short on design & experience. But if you have food allergies, it may be worth it.
More food & health related apps are coming out often which can only help us make smarter decisions for our families. We’re working with retailers on recipe & health mobile apps so I know the interest is there.
I’m glad you started this discussion! Thanks Michelle.
Have you tried the Locavore app? It tells you what’s in season in your area and the closest farmers market.