The best applications for coeliacs and lactose intolerant

A food intolerance occurs when the body cannot assimilate a food, or any of its components, causing the stomach to swell, gas and stomach discomfort, diarrhea and vomiting. Some of the most common intolerances within the population are those caused by lactose, which is the sugar found naturally in milk, gluten, a substance It is found within wheat and other seeds and can be found in countless foods.

In the Google Play Store we can find some applications that will help the intolerant to control what they eat. Those who suffer from this disorder are well aware that any food can contain lactose or gluten, not just milk and bread. Therefore, these applications can become a good ally for all these people.

What can I eat?

With this application we can find allergenic information of more than 100 thousand products To start using the application we must register with our email account email to then complete our food sheet, indicating what we are allergic to or what we are intolerant to. Once the registration is complete, we see the following screen, made up of several elements in mosaic.

First, two main options: a scanner to read the barcode of a product and a food finder.With the scan we will be able to check if the product in question is suitable or not suitable according to its allergens, which we can see in detail. We will also include nutritional information about its level of sugar, s alt and saturated fats.

In the second option we can find a food search engine On this screen we will find a mosaic with 12 different food categories. If we enter each one of them, they will appear, in order from highest to lowest sugar, s alt and fat content or in alphabetical order, all the foods that you can consume according to your allergy or intolerance. You can also search for products by brand or access a free search where you can choose brand, category, consumption limit, etc.

Within the rest of the options we have the 'My profile' section where we can configure all our personal data. In addition, a section called 'The most' where we have different foods classified according to the most valued by users, the most sought after and your favorites. In addition, we have 'Blog' sections where we can find different information about everything related to intolerances and allergies and a complete recipe book.

Download What can I eat? free on the Google Play app store. The application has ads and its installation file is 12 MB in size.

Good for me!

The second of the applications for lactose intolerant and coeliacs has the name Good for me! In this application you can obtain information without having to be registered, although if you do, you will be able to access your personalized information from any device.In this case we test the application without registration.

The first thing the app asks us is to register our intolerances to create a button on the home screen. In addition to the most common intolerances, we can also create a button to detect foods with palm oil fat or a warning button for foods with additives that can be harmful to he alth. On the main screen, once all the buttons have been created, we can find different sections: a food scanner, a search engine, a history of the searches you have made in the application, an app configuration section and an additive search engine ( what we see in the ingredients that begin with E).

Good for me! It is a free application, without ads and quite light, since its installation file only has a weight of 4.4 MB.

Recipes for lactose intolerant

Not only milk contains lactose. In some sausages, lactose appears to make the food more durable, for example. Vegetable margarines, for example, may also contain lactose. If you get bored eating the same thing all the time being intolerant, in this application we can find a wide variety of lactose-free recipes. In this application we will find the recipes in alphabetical order, on the main screen. To access each one of them we just have to click on each one of them, where we will find its corresponding elaboration. We can mark the recipes that we like the most as favorites in order to access them more easily.

Download now this free app with ads and 4.5 MB installation file.

Live together

Official application of the Convivir Foundation. With this application, the celiac will be able to keep up to date with everything related to their food allergy, a practical food search engine. as well as specific sections where we can find information on the disease, tips for leading a he althier life having celiac disease,etc.

The Convivir application is free, does not contain ads and is quite light, as its installation file weighs only 4.2 MB.

I am gluten free

And we end with a special recipe for celiacs. With 'I am gluten free' we will find a wide variety of dishes that can be part of the usual diet of both a intolerant to gluten and a celiac. The application is very simple, on its main screen we can find the recipes, which we can mark as favorites and then find them in the three-point menu, located at the top right of the screen.

Download 'I'm gluten free' in the Google Play Store. It is a free app, with ads, and is 8.4 MB in size.