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Forkin

VS YUKA

Forkin vs Yuka — the actual differences

Yuka pioneered consumer product scanning. Forkin extends the idea — adding an environmental score on every food product, recall alerts, meal planning, voice-controlled cook mode, and EU-only infrastructure — and donates a measurable share of revenue to non-profits.

  • BasedFrance (Yuca SAS)
  • HostedGoogle Cloud Platform + DigitalOcean + Firebase (all US-headquartered); servers in US, NL, FR per privacy policy
  • Verified2026-05-12
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What we won't pretend

Where Yuka is stronger

Comparing yourself only to your own advantages is marketing, not honesty. Here is what Yuka genuinely does better than Forkin today — we'd rather you make the right call than pick us by default.

  • Brand recognition: 80 million users and near-universal name awareness in Europe for product scanning.
  • B Corp certified (score 93.2) with transparent public balance sheet and user-only funding model — no ads, no brand partnerships.
  • Cosmetics coverage: 2 million cosmetic products alongside food products in one app, with a long track record.
  • 'Better product' recommendations: tap a low-scoring product and Yuka surfaces healthier alternatives in the same category — included free.

Feature by feature

Side by side

Every row cites a public source. Rows we couldn't verify against a primary source are flagged — we'd rather mark them than guess.

Scanning

Barcode scanning

Source· 2026-05-11

Forkin

Unlimited barcode scans on every tier

Unlimited barcode scanning

AR / depth meal scanner

Source· 2026-05-11

Forkin

Depth-aware AR meal scanner — multi-second 3D scan, gram-level portion estimation

No meal-photo or AR scan feature

Alternative product recommendations

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Forkin

Alternative products surfaced for low-scoring scans, ranked by Nutri-Score + env grade + dietary fit; Pro members get cross-store availability

Free feature: tap any red/orange-scored product and Yuka surfaces healthier alternatives in the same category — their flagship UX

Nutrition

Scoring methodology

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Forkin

Forkin Score — proprietary 0–100 nutritional-quality composite built on the Nutri-Score 2023 v2 base, plus transparent penalties for NOVA processing group, additive toxicology risk (49% cap when any high-risk additive is present), and IARC cancer-risk flags for processed meat (Group 1) and red meat (Group 2A). Component breakdown visible per product; environmental score and plate breakdown shown as separate scores.

Proprietary score: Nutri-Score (version unspecified) 60% + additives 30% + organic bonus 10%

Pet-food scoring

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Forkin

FEDIAF nutrient-adequacy scoring for dogs and cats by life stage

No dedicated pet-food nutrition scoring

Recipes

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Forkin

Community recipes with ratings, reviews, forking, and per-recipe Nutri-Score + env scoring

No recipe creation

Recipe reviews & ratings

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Forkin

5-star ratings, comments, and cook-log photos on every recipe

No recipe system, therefore no reviews

Meal plans

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Forkin

Weekly meal plans wired to your diet, allergies, and pantry

No meal planning feature

Shopping lists

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Forkin

Shareable shopping lists with scan-to-tick in-store mode and pantry-aware swap suggestions

No shopping-list feature

Apple Health / Health Connect sync

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Forkin

Apple Health (iOS) and Health Connect (Android) two-way sync for diary entries

No Health-platform integration

Voice cook mode

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Forkin

Hands-free voice-controlled cook mode with audio-narrated steps

Not applicable (no recipe system)

Sustainability

Environmental score

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Forkin

0–100 environmental impact score (a–e grade) on every food product

10% organic-bonus only; no lifecycle-analysis environmental score per product

Data & coverage

Product catalogue

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Forkin

4M+ enriched products (nutrition, environmental score, NOVA, allergens, dietary); top-50k cached offline for instant scans

4 million food products + 2 million cosmetic products

Per-country recipe variants

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Forkin

Same barcode, different recipe per country — tracked and surfaced to users in real time

No per-country ingredient variant handling documented

Prices & shop database

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Forkin

2M+ shops globally (OpenStreetMap-sourced), user price submissions, AI receipt scanner

No price tracking or shop finder

Product reviews

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Forkin

User reviews and ratings on every scanned product

No user reviews per product

Open data approach

Both Forkin and Yuka contribute back to the open food data ecosystem — credit where due.

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Forkin

Built on Open Food Facts; enrichments contributed back to the open ecosystem

Switched off Open Food Facts as a primary data source in 2018 (now uses Salsify/Alkemics), but contributes product data back — the 'kiliweb' contributor has added/modified 2M+ products, making Yuka historically Open Food Facts' largest contributor

Trust & safety

EU company & GDPR jurisdiction

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Forkin

EU-registered company under GDPR enforcement; no US CLOUD Act exposure

Yuca SAS, French company — same EU jurisdiction as Forkin

EU hosting & data residency

Yuka's privacy policy explicitly names Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and Firebase as sub-processors. Even EU-located servers run under US-headquartered providers, so US CLOUD Act jurisdiction applies regardless of physical region.

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Forkin

100% renewable EU servers (Germany + Finland); data never leaves EU jurisdiction

Multi-cloud setup on Google Cloud Platform, DigitalOcean, and Firebase — all US-headquartered providers subject to the US CLOUD Act. Servers physically located in the United States, Netherlands, and France (privacy policy confirmed)

Donation programme

Confirmed against Yuka's published balance sheet on their Independence page — no charity line item.

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Forkin

5–20% of net revenue donated to partner non-profits each quarter; members vote on causes; public transparency reports

No revenue-share donation programme — user-funded subscription model only; sliding-scale option lets users pay above the floor as 'additional support to Yuka' (not a charity)

Recall alerts

Yuka launched US FDA recall alerts in early 2024. Forkin covers US + Canada + EU (RappelConso) with push notifications and pantry matching.

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Forkin

Push alerts for product recalls (US, Canadian, and French national agencies) matched against your scans and pantry

US FDA recall alerts only — in-app pop-up when a recalled product is scanned/searched, plus email to users who scanned it in the prior two weeks (no push notification, no multi-country coverage)

Brand callout / report a product

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Forkin

User issue reports route to admin moderation; VLM-verified corrections feed back into the product record

'Contact the brand' feature (launched Nov 2024) — users can email the manufacturer directly in-app or post to Instagram/X about a poor-scoring product; 600,000+ callouts to date

Pricing

Paid pricing

Yuka's entry price is meaningfully lower; Forkin's paid tiers unlock AR meal scan, multi-country recall alerts, meal plans, and full environmental analysis.

Source· 2026-05-12

Forkin

Essential €4.99/mo (€29.99/yr) · Pro €11.99/mo (€74.99/yr) · Supporter & Champion mission tiers

€15/year starting price (or $10/year in the US; open pricing — user can pay more as 'additional support'; identical features at every price)

Platforms

Platforms

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Forkin

iOS, Android, web (forkin.io)

iOS, Android

Bibliography

Every claim, sourced

These are the primary URLs we used to verify each row on this page. If a row is wrong, send us the public source that contradicts it — hello@forkin.io.

  1. 01https://yuka.io/en/2026-05-11
  2. 02https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/hkzw2hkj5w-cost-membership2026-05-11
  3. 03https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/ijzgfvi1jq-how-are-food-products-scored2026-05-11
  4. 04https://yuka.io/en/independence/2026-05-11
  5. 05https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/yuca-sas/2026-05-11
  6. 06https://help.yuka.io/l/it/article/jcejovibd3-informativa-sulla-privacy2026-05-12
  7. 07https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9217-mobile-label-scanning-app-communicates-food-product-recall-information2026-05-12
  8. 08https://yuka.io/en/app/2026-05-11
  9. 09https://help.yuka.io/l/en/article/dc4vmg886k-absence-of-recommendations2026-05-12
  10. 10https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yuka-food-cosmetic-scanner/id10927992362026-05-11
  11. 11https://world.openfoodfacts.org/contributor/kiliweb2026-05-12
  12. 12https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/yuka-the-app-that-rates-food-and-makeup-lets-users-complain-to-brands-with-its-new-feature/2026-05-12
  13. 13https://yuka.io/en/premium-member/2026-05-12