Meal IQ is live. Log, score, and understand your meals
Validus Health Scan Free

From barcode to better choices.

Validus turns a 30-second scan into understandable context and one practical action. Here's the whole loop.

  1. 01

    Scan

    Point your camera at any barcode: packaged foods, drinks, snacks.

    No barcode? Scan the ingredient list instead (Plus and up).

    A hand holding a plain Greek yogurt tub in a grocery aisle, with a scan frame around its barcode and the nutrition facts panel visible
  2. 02

    Understand

    See the food's quality band and the reasoning behind it: benefits and concerns, both sides.

    Two snack bars side by side, one listing four ingredients and one listing more than twenty, with both nutrition panels visible
  3. 03

    See your fit

    Pick a goal and the verdict adapts. The food doesn't change, the fit does.

    A jar of overnight oats between two settings: running shoes and a water bottle on one side, a coffee mug, open book, and glasses on the other
  4. 04

    Take the next step

    Pair it, time it, swap it, or keep it. Every result ends in something you can do.

    A parent and two children preparing fresh vegetables and salmon together at a kitchen counter

What a result tells you

A real scan from the app. Quality stays locked to the food; fit and verdict follow your goal.

100% Grass-Fed Beef Patties

Kirkland Signature

  • Complete protein with high bioavailability (26g beef)
  • Naturally occurring trans fat (2g from ruminant source)
Food quality
Excellent locked
Fit for your goal
Excellent

Validus Verdict

Grass-fed beef has 2-5x more omega-3s than grain-fed, shifting the inflammatory balance in your favor. Most packaged beef loses this advantage.

Real product, real scores, straight from the app. Bands shown; detailed scoring lives in the app.

  • Food qualityLocked to the food itself: ingredients, processing, nutrition. It never changes with your goal.
  • Fit for your goalRecomputed for the goal you pick. The same food can be a different decision on different days.
  • VerdictThe app's own reasoning, word for word. You always see why, never just a number.
  • Benefit & concernBoth sides, always. Honest context beats a single score.

Product recommendations in Validus are never brand-paid. No sponsored rankings.

Available today vs. coming next

Every feature below is labeled honestly. Nothing is advertised before it ships.

FeatureTierStatus
Barcode scanning (7 scans/day)Free Available now
Scoring bands (Excellent to Limit)Free Available now
Frequency recommendationFree Available now
Top benefit & concernFree Available now
Validus Verdict summary in plain languageFree Available now
My Choices product trackingFree Available now
Meal loggingFree Available now
Scoring bands for mealsFree Available now
Unlimited scansPlus Available now
Ingredient wellness signalsPlus Available now
Search foods by namePlus Available now
Browse categories for top productsPlus Available now
Product recommendationsPlus Available now
365-day scan historyPlus Available now
Personal scans (no-barcode foods)Plus Available now
Meal insights: how your meal's foods work together, and what's strongest in itPlus Available now
Numeric 0-100 scores + full ingredient analysisPRO Available now
Health goals: Validus Standard, Metabolic Health, Gut Health, Athlete/Active, LongevityPRO Available now
Custom health-goal insight breakdown for every scanPRO Available now
Every benefit and concern in a food, not just the top onePRO Available now
Personalized nutrient targetsPRO Available now
Numeric meal scores (0-100), plus how to make each meal betterPRO Available now
Meal BuilderPRO Coming next
Connected-data insightsPRO Coming next
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