After producing the first food scanner for consumers, TellSpec developed TellSpecopedia, a comprehensive online food database that will tell you exactly what you're eating and how it will impact your health.
The food database covers over 1,300 different ingredients from Abamectin to Zearalenone, as well as a number of other additives, contaminants and manufacturing by-products. These range from the hard-to-pronounce ingredients to the more common ones, which may be familiar, but not as innocent as they seem. For example, high fructose corn syrup is known to disrupt the metabolism and endocrine activity as well as induce poor cardiovascular health. On the flip side, something like hemp oil contributes to the maintenance of good cardiovascular health, as well as healthy skin, joints and bones. As well as being handy to use alongside the TellSpec scanner, there are a number of different categories where you can explore certain issues such as food and its effects on reproductive organs, genetics, the metabolism and cognitive behavior.
Comprehensive Food Databases
TellSpecopedia Links Common Food Ingredients to Health & Wellbeing
Trend Themes
1. Comprehensive Food Databases - Development of food databases that detail ingredients' effects on health
2. Ingredient Transparency - Increasing consumer demand for information on what they are consuming and its effects
3. Personalized Nutrition - Growing interest in customized diets based on specific health needs
Industry Implications
1. Food Industry - Opportunity to educate consumers on the health impacts of ingredients and provide more transparency
2. Healthcare Industry - Potential for integration of personalized nutrition plans in patient treatment
3. Technology Industry - Development of new food-scanning technology and databases for consumer use