Fig: Food Scanner & Discovery

My name is Andrew and I was diagnosed with IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) in 2014. The main treatment for IBS is diet (it's called the Low FODMAP diet), and there are literally hundreds of ingredients I had to avoid. I’d spend hours searching the grocery store and checking off each individual ingredient. I knew there had to be a better way. It turns out I wasn’t alone in desiring a better solution. Most of the people I talked to had been “waiting on something like this for years,” but it just hadn’t been done. So, I got together with engineers, designers, dietitians, and everyday people with dietary needs (ranging from severe corn allergies to histamine intolerances to citric acid allergies) to build the solution of our dreams, Fig. And after over a year of building it and welcoming 110,000 Fig members to our beta app, we’re excited to finally officially launch Fig in the US! But more than just an app, we’re building toward a world where everyone can use their Fig wherever you make food decisions – whether that’s within online grocery stores, recipe websites, restaurant menus, and more. It’s our goal to enable food as medicine everywhere and help everyone believe that Food is Good again.

We're often asked which dietary needs are supported by Fig. Fig works with ANY ingredient or allergen, from acacia gum and acerola to zinc and zucchini. Fig also supports more than 100 diets, medical conditions and preferences including gluten and dairy free, Low FODMAP, Low Histamine, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Alpha Gal Syndrome, vegan, paleo, nightshade intolerance, no added sugars, no artificial sweeteners, no added salt and more. See the full list here: https://foodisgood.com/support/w...

incredible to find this on a day I found out my fiancé is lactose intolerant