How AI Could Help Your Grocery Shopping Experience With Nutrition Information

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Nutrition has a huge impact on our bodies, including the brain and our emotions, particularly when it comes to highly processed foods.

After spending a lot of time scouring grocery stores for hyper-specific foods and ingredients to maintain an additive-, gum- and gluten-free diet, I wanted help that would both save time and support my shopping choices. That's when I learned about WiseCode, a free AI-driven food transparency platform designed to support the nutrition and grocery shopping process while educating you along the way.

WiseCode can scan over 700,000 foods using either a product's barcode or a photo. It checks ...