Yuka Premium supports vegan and vegetarian preferences on iPhone and Android. Its main food score is not a vegan verdict. Keep Yuka if its scoring and paid preferences fit your needs; compare VeganCheckr or Open Food Facts if your main task is inspecting vegan and vegetarian ingredient evidence.
Check your own packetUse a familiar packet to check whether the app explains the decision you need to make.
- Scan its barcode or ingredient label in VeganCheckr.
- Compare the exact product, country and ingredients with your packet; keep unclear origins unresolved.
- Check the current in-app access and privacy information before choosing a paid feature.
Free to download; optional Premium. Full ingredient details or explanations may require an upgrade. Features differ on iPhone and Android; Android photo recognition supports printed Latin-script labels. A result is not certification or an allergy-safety guarantee.
Yuka does have vegan preferences
Yuka's official help says Premium includes vegan and vegetarian preferences on iPhone and Android. Earlier comparisons on this site said it did not provide vegan checking at all; that was incorrect. A fair comparison separates this dietary feature from the main food score instead of pretending the feature does not exist.
Disclosure: VeganCheckr publishes this article. The comparison is based on official documentation reviewed October 18, 2026, plus our own implementation. We did not run a head-to-head accuracy test or purchase and test every Premium tier.
A score and a diet preference answer different questions
| Question | What Yuka documents | What to remember |
|---|---|---|
| What drives the food score? | Nutrition contributes 60%, additives 30% and organic status 10% | This weighting is not a vegan classification |
| Can I set vegan or vegetarian preferences? | Yes, as part of Premium on iPhone and Android | Check the preference, not just the headline score |
| Does a diet check cover traces? | Its help says traces are not included in these preference checks | Read current warning text; diet suitability and allergy safety differ |
| Does a result guarantee the recipe? | Product information has limitations and needs label checks | Match the current variant and market before relying on it |
When keeping Yuka makes sense
If you like its food and cosmetic scoring and its paid diet-preference workflow covers your shopping needs, there may be no reason to switch. Review current access and renewal terms in your local version. We do not quote a fixed annual price because currencies and offers vary, and a historical price is not a current checkout.
Do not confuse dietary suitability with nutritional quality. A food can contain milk and have a different score from a vegan sweet; neither result makes the score into a vegan certification. Use each feature for the question it was designed to address.
When to compare VeganCheckr
Consider VeganCheckr if your main task is a focused vegan or vegetarian ingredient check, with barcode and label-photo workflows. Scan a familiar packet, compare the product and ingredients, and inspect the findings. Android supports printed Latin-script photo labels and ingredient-text input; platform features differ.
VeganCheckr is free to download, with optional Premium. Full ingredient details or explanations may require an upgrade on either platform. We do not claim that every useful detail is free or that the app is universally more accurate than Yuka. The scanner-app comparison includes other approaches if neither fits.
When Open Food Facts is another sensible option
Start with Open Food Facts if you want an open product database, ingredient analysis and the ability to contribute corrections. Its analysis can return uncertain or unknown states. VeganCheckr uses Open Food Facts for barcode lookups, so those two tools may share the same product record. Read the data-overlap comparison rather than treating each interface as an independent source.
What to do with an unclear result
Check the exact variant and country against the packet. If the record is missing or old, use the current ingredient panel; our troubleshooting guide gives a practical sequence. An unfamiliar additive may require an explanation, but an undisclosed origin needs product-specific evidence. A confident answer from an app or a general AI assistant cannot establish a fact the maker has not disclosed.
No tool here is a substitute for current allergen information, manufacturer confirmation where needed, or certification. Avoid choosing purely on the colour of a result or the number of claimed products.
Official sources reviewed
- Yuka: vegan and vegetarian preferences.
- Yuka: food-scoring weights.
- Yuka: preferences, allergens and traces.
- VeganCheckr iPhone and Android.
- Open Food Facts ingredient-analysis documentation.
Editorial notes
Official sources and our own product implementation were reviewed on . Published feature descriptions are not comparative accuracy measurements. Availability, subscriptions and product recipes can change.
Research, writing and the source/readability reread were AI-assisted. No independent human review is claimed. This site is published by VeganCheckr, not an independent testing organisation. Other product names belong to their owners; no endorsement is implied. See our editorial method and correction contact.
Check the label on your own product
VeganCheckr scans barcodes and ingredient labels, flags hidden animal ingredients and E-numbers, and shows you the evidence. Free to download on the App Store and Google Play. Optional Premium features vary by platform.
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