TTC #295 Ingredio, a Warning App for Food & Cosmetic Toxicity

Zetta Korda and Anaxagoras Fotopoulos, two members of the Ingredio team (Dr. Zoe Kournia, the founder and CEO was not available at the time of this interview) explain how their mobile app works: a simple scanning of the ingredient label, on a cosmetic product or food package, with a smartphone camera is all you need in order to check for the toxicity of ingredients correlated with official databases provided by the World Health Organization and the European Commission. This free app (or on a budget subscription for heavier use) presents the toxicity grade of each sole ingredient and overall for the product, helping users and customers make healthy informed decisions about the products they buy. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central during the eHealth Forum Festival in Technopolis, October 2016.