ScanAvert started with Ellen Bedinelli, one of the most successful businesswomen in Wall Street. She was the activities director in a children’s summer camp when she was challenged to find the snack that the kids would eat after the activities. She was aware that some of the children have food allergies; others have intolerance, and others are still on medication. Bedinelli went to the grocery store and found herself going through the racks and manually cross checking the ingredients with the list.
Bedinelli found out that the entire task was huge. She came up with the idea of an application that would help people with dietary restrictions to find the safest groceries. Her ideas gave birth to ScanAvert. ScanAvert is available for Android and iOS devices.
In 2011, ScanAvert received its patent for automated compatibility notifications and recommendations to a physical group that is based on the health preference and avoidance profile of the user. ScanAvert is the preeminent portal that food manufacturers can use for their coupons and pushed to members on the basis of allergies, intolerance and dietary preferences.
ScanAvert users store their personal health data on the company website. Then, they can scan beauty products, medicines and food products barcode labels using the smartphone so that the product information can be crosschecked with their health specifications. Pulling out of a database of more than 300,000 products entries, ScanAvert will provide a green or red alert, depending on the needs of the user. The technology is also equipped with notifications for recalls, especially for patients with anaphylaxis.
In the meantime, ScanAvert can be availed at a minimal fee of $1.99 a month or $9.99 for six months. However, ScanAvert will soon offer its free app.
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