Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Helpful Apps

I came across this post on 100 Days of Real Food. Guest contributor Andrew Wilder gives his Top Ten list for 'healthy foodie families' apps, some of them are FREE!

To see the full list, go here.

Here are some that caught my eye!



Dirty Dozen (Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides)

The Environmental Working Group’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides is the definitive guide of fruits and veggies with the most and least residual pesticides. Their “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” lists help you know which to buy organic, and which are okay to by conventionally-grown (if organic is not available).
With this handy list, you can make the best choices with a limited food budget: You’ll know which are the most important choices to buy organic, and which don’t matter quite as much (since they are likely to have less residual pesticides).
Free.
Dirty Dozen - Environmental Working Group 


Seasons

Seasons is all about foods that are in season. It covers fruits, vegetables, lettuces, herbs, mushrooms, and nuts. It supports the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Western and Central Europe. It lets you search by “local” and “imported” season. It also includes an international Farmers’ Market finder, which makes this app perfect for the traveling local foodie. (Geeky kids — like me — will enjoy the little graphs that show the availability throughout the year.)
(Want a similar, but free, App? Check out Locavore for iPhone and Android.)
$1.99
Seasons - What Is It Production Ltd

Seafood Watch

This is the essential guide for making more sustainable choices when buying seafood. With the exception of a few species (Wild Alaskan Salmon! Wild Alaskan Halibut!), I have trouble remembering which fish are the way to go, and which are the best to avoid (Swordfish! Orange Roughy!). Just type the seafood into the searchbox, and you’ll instantly have the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s expertise and guidance on what to order, guilt-free. (And next time you’re in Monterey, California, be sure to bring the family to the aquarium — it’s phenomenal!)
Free.
Seafood Watch - Monterey Bay Aquarium 

Good Guide

Good Guide has rated tens of thousands of products (not just food) according to health, environmental, and social performance. Everything gets a score from 0 to 10; the higher the better. All the scores are available on their website, but you can use the mobile app when you’re at the store to quickly scan a product’s barcode and see how it stacks up. See if your kids can find items that score a “10″ before putting them in the shopping cart!
Free.
GoodGuide - GoodGuide, Inc. 

CSPI Chemical Cuisine

Have you ever wondered about some of those multi-syllabic chemicals in the ingredients list? Curious to know if it’s okay to eat Maltodextrin, Inulin, or Sorbic Acid? This mobile version of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Chemical Cuisine website lets you look up more than 130 food additives to find their descriptions and safety ratings to help you make informed, healthful decisions.
$0.99
CSPI Chemical Cuisine - EchoDitto 

Let us know if you try any of them out!!




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