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Case study
Lascan: a food and cosmetics ingredient scanner for Indonesian shoppers
A Bali mobile app that scans food and cosmetics ingredient lists, scoring allergy risk, halal and vegan status, and long-term safety. We built the label OCR, the ingredient dataset, and the AI classifier.
Lascan (HQ Bali, Indonesia) · 2025
HealthTechMobileAIOCRHalal & Vegan
Project context
Indonesian shoppers increasingly check product ingredients for halal, vegan, and allergy concerns before buying.
Challenge
Thousands of chemical names in foreign languages; OCR must be accurate on glossy packaging.
What we built
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Food and cosmetics label OCR with ingredient spelling correction.
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Ingredient dataset with allergy and long-term safety scores.
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Halal and vegan classifiers with plain-language explanations.
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Scan history to compare products in store.
Results
Users make faster shopping decisions with easy-to-understand explanations.