Gadget can scan your food to reveal its nutritional value

[Northerner]

If you’re keen to make positive life changes by cutting down the calories but don’t have time to measure every meal, then the latest technology might be right up your street.

After a successful Kickstarter campaign a new gadget, launched at the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show by the French startup DietSensor, promises to reveal the nutritional value of your dinner by scanning its chemical makeup while it’s still on your plate.

With one click of a button, the app and accompanying scanner reveals the calories, carbohydrate breakdown, fat content and protein in everything you eat.

The pocket-sized, Bluetooth-connected molecular sensor called SCiO uses near-infrared spectroscopy (the analysis of how molecules interact with light) to determine the chemical makeup of food and drink. SCiO can then analyse substances based on how their molecules interact with light.

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/...od-to-reveal-its-nutritional-value/14402.html

Sounds handy! 😱 🙂

 

[HOBIE]

Think about all the company's that are going to go bust ! Coke, Pizzas r us, etc etc . I think it would be good 🙂

 

[trophywench]

Sounds bloody expensive though! - £170 upfront, plus a further £120 a year!

 

[Seke]

I agree -- the pricing seems quite steep. i hope they will refine it so that it depends on level of service required. it seems a very nice idea if its accurate.
On the oher hand, i dont know whether it covers other important aspects of food that are very relevant to diabetics, (i.e. other than just calories) such as glycemic index.
perhaps more details will emerge to launch...

enjoy
ken