Wellbot

Wellbot is a free WhatsApp-based nutrition assistant. Send a photo of a food label and get a health score, ingredient analysis and allergy alerts personalized to your allergens and language, with no app to install.

Wellbot is a nutrition assistant that lives inside WhatsApp. Instead of asking shoppers to install another app, it works through a chat: the user photographs the nutrition label on a product, sends the picture to the Wellbot number, and receives an analysis in the same conversation. The reply contains a health score, an ingredient breakdown, allergy alerts and tailored recommendations, and the explanation of why a product scores the way it does is part of the pitch, so the answer reads as guidance rather than a bare ranking. Personalization happens in the chat as well. Users describe their allergens or intolerances in plain language, for example by saying they are allergic to wheat and eggs, and they can set the language they want replies in. Multiple languages are supported, which is useful for people shopping abroad who cannot read the packaging. The homepage speaks to people managing allergies, avoiding additives, or checking labels on behalf of a relative with a food restriction, along with general health-conscious grocery shoppers who want a quick second opinion in the aisle. In practice the setup is minimal. There is no account to create and nothing to download, and the service works on any smartphone that runs WhatsApp, on iOS or Android. According to its FAQ, scans and personal data are not stored permanently, and messages are processed only to produce a response. Wellbot is currently free with unlimited scans, and the maker invites optional support through a donation page. The user base is small, with the site citing a few hundred people, so it should be viewed as an early-stage project. Compared with barcode-scanning nutrition apps and full diet trackers, Wellbot is deliberately narrow. It does not appear to offer meal logging or long-term tracking, only a fast verdict on a label photo inside a messaging app people already use. Its analysis relies on databases and AI processing, and the site itself advises double-checking critical dietary decisions with official sources or a healthcare professional.