How it works

Scan a product, trace the company, and see the parent at the top. Public data only.

What happens when you scan

  1. Your camera reads the barcode. The photo stays on your phone. We only get the number.
  2. We look that number up in Open Food Facts for the name, brand, and any company info they have.
  3. Then Wikidata, for owners and parent companies.
  4. Then GLEIF, for the legal company name and its parents, if they have a record.

What you might see

Brand
The name on the package.
Manufacturer
Who made or packed it, if that's listed.
Legal entity
The registered company name, if we find a match.
Direct parent
The company that owns that one.
Ultimate parent
The top of the chain, when the records show one.

Confidence

We don't guess. Every result has a score and links to the sources we used.

  • High: names match and the sources agree.
  • Medium: decent match, some backup.
  • Low: thin or conflicting info.
  • Unverified: not enough to go on.

More on where the data comes from and what we track.