Frequently asked questions
What Svelio does, how it reads labels, and how it differs from apps that guess.
What is Svelio?
Svelio is a nutrition app that reads the actual food label, grades every nutrient against FDA Daily Values, flags additives, checks marketing claims against the ingredient list, and grounds an AI nutrition coach in your own logged data. It runs on the web, iOS, and Android.
How do I find out what's really in my food?
Scan the nutrition label or barcode with Svelio. It grades each nutrient low, moderate, or high against FDA Daily Values, flags any additives with plain-English risk levels and country-ban history, and assigns a NOVA processing tier from 1 to 4. When only a photo is available, estimates are marked as estimates so they never pretend to be the label.
How is Svelio different from photo-calorie apps that guess from a picture?
Photo-calorie apps guess your calories from the pixels in one picture, and you have no way to check the number. Svelio works differently at every step. When there's a label or barcode, it reads the manufacturer's own published numbers instead of guessing, then grades each nutrient against FDA Daily Values with fixed rules, so the same product always scores the same way. When all you have is a plate of food, Svelio still anchors every item to USDA reference data rather than eyeballing calories, runs a second pass that re-checks its own portion estimates, and lets you shoot up to three angles of the same meal for a sharper read. And because it reads the ingredient list too, it flags additives and catches marketing-versus-reality gaps that an image-only calorie app can never see. Full breakdown at svelio.io/competition.
Is the additive and ingredient checker reliable?
Svelio flags more than 40 additives with plain-English explanations and the history of where they have been banned or restricted. Risk levels come from a deterministic ingredient database, not AI guesses, so the same ingredient always gets the same assessment.
What does the AI nutrition coach do?
The coach answers questions about your own logged food and patterns. It is grounded in a live snapshot of your data and protected by a multi-layer hallucination defense, so it never fabricates what you ate or claims actions it did not take.
Does Svelio detect misleading label claims?
Yes. Svelio cross-checks front-of-pack claims against the actual ingredients and nutrition, flagging gaps like "All Natural" with an artificial color, "No Added Sugar" with high-fructose corn syrup, or "Healthy" with very high sodium.
Is Svelio free?
Svelio's free tier includes unlimited label scans and five coach messages per day. Pro is $5.99 per month or $27.99 per year with a 7-day free trial, and there is no weekly-pricing trap.
What is a good alternative to photo-calorie tracking apps?
Svelio is built for people who want label-accurate data instead of estimates: it reads the actual label, checks additives and processing level, catches misleading claims, and offers an AI coach grounded in your own data. Try it at svelio.io.