the shelf is full of questions.sumt gives you the answer.

read the ingredient list. if you find emulsifiers, stabilisers, flavourings, colourants or other ingredients you don't keep at home, the product is usually ultra-processed. sumt does the check for you the moment you scan the barcode.

no. canned tomatoes, butter and sourdough bread are processed without being ultra-processed. the line goes at industrial additives and processes you can't do at home. NOVA divides food into four groups, and it's group 4 that sumt rules ultra-processed.

a growing body of research links high intake of ultra-processed food to poorer health, and dietary guidelines in several countries now lean towards more whole food. sumt makes it easy to see what's actually what while you're standing in the store.

not automatically. renvare is about degree of processing and the ingredient list, not calories. butter is a renvare. but if you want to avoid industrial additives, renvare is the stamp to look for.

if a manufacturer changes the recipe, the verdict can lag until the database is updated. if you spot something that looks off, you can report it right in the app and it gets fixed.

the database covers over 42 000 Norwegian grocery products and keeps growing, most-scanned products first. scan the product in the app. chances are it's already there.

sumt+ is the plus subscription. it gives you, among other things, hundreds of recipes built on real ingredients, adapted to your household's allergies and preferences. it costs 39 kr per month or 349 kr per year.

the alternatives are renvare products in the same category as the product you scanned, sorted by what you care about: less sugar, more protein or less salt. the suggestions should do the same job in your kitchen.

yes. add your and your family's allergies, and the app alerts you the moment you scan a product that isn't safe for one of you.