• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      It’s an OK app, but it has some limitations.

      It looks at the company portion of the bar code, not the individual product.

      I scanned some Kirkland products that are actually made in Canada (toilet paper, oat milk), and it simply identified that Costco is an American company.

      Similarly, I scanned some made in USA but imported and rebranded by a Canadian importer spices and they show up as “this is Canadian”

      • Grant_M@lemmy.ca
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        21 hours ago

        I agree it still misses sometimes, but handy nonetheless. Hopefully they keep improving it. I’ve never used the barcode feature. Instead I just snap a photo.