Understanding a product

Watsin’s scores, flags and answers are generated by AI and can be wrong or incomplete. They are not medical, dietary or allergy advice. Always read the label on the package, especially if you have an allergy or intolerance. See section 5 of the Terms of Use.

When Watsin has found a product, its page slides up. Drag it up to see everything, or down to get back to the chat.

Score and evaluation

At the top, under the product’s name, are four numbers for your portion: calories, protein, carbs and fats. Below them Watsin writes a short evaluation and gives the product a score from 1 to 10.

• The score says how well the product fits your profile and how healthy it is overall. 10 is an excellent fit; 1 means it’s best avoided.
• The ring around the score is green for 7 to 10, amber for 4 to 6 and red for 1 to 3.
• The evaluation is based on the product’s name and ingredient list, read against the dietary preferences, foods to avoid and allergies you’ve switched on in your profile. If you haven’t set any, Watsin gives a general evaluation that points out common allergens, synthetic ingredients and other ingredients of concern.
• The score is worked out when you scan the product. If you change your profile, scan the product again to get an updated score.

While Watsin is working you’ll see Evaluating…. If you see Unlock product evaluation, you’re out of credits; tap Get unlimited or see Plans, credits and billing.

Tap Tell me more under the score for a longer explanation you can ask follow-up questions about. See Conversations and Threads.

Ingredients and flags

Each ingredient is shown as a chip. Watsin checks every ingredient against your profile and marks the ones that may matter to you:

• Serious: red, with an exclamation mark.
• Mild: amber, with a dot.
• No colour: nothing was flagged.

When something is flagged, a key above the list reads Flagged for your profile · Serious · Mild. If your profile is empty, Watsin flags common allergens and potentially problematic additives instead.

Some ingredients are made of other ingredients, like a mayonnaise in a sandwich. These appear in a box with the ingredient’s name and how many ingredients it contains, and each of those has its own chip and its own flag.

Tap any chip and Watsin explains in the chat what the ingredient is.

A missing flag does not mean an ingredient or product is safe for you. Watsin can miss an ingredient, misread a label or not know about “may contain” warnings. Always check the package.

Flags and explanations use credits (they’re included in Watsin Unlimited). Without credits, the ingredients are shown without colours.

Nutrition

Food labels give nutrition per 100 g. Watsin shows it for the portion you choose, starting at 100 g.

• Customize portion size has three wheels: hundreds, tens and single grams. Watsin remembers the portion for each product.
• The nutrition panel’s title shows the portion, for example Nutritional values per 100 g. It lists the whole nutrition table for that portion.
• The percentage on each row shows how much of your daily target one portion covers. You can set your own targets in Profile → Nutrition; otherwise Watsin uses general reference values.
• N/A means the value isn’t known for this product.

When something looks wrong

Use Re-scan to correct the details from new label photos, or Report this product to tell us. Both are explained in Scanning a product.