EthicalScanner.com
Shop Your Values. Instantly.
A people-first service that empowers conscious consumers to make better choices at the exact moment it matters—while they're shopping. Scan any barcode, get an instant ethics report. Completely private: barcode detection runs on your device, not our servers. And every scan builds a valuable, non-private dataset of products and brands that has real commercial worth.
Better Choices, Right When It Matters
Instant Answers While Shopping
Standing in the grocery aisle wondering if this brand is ethical? Scan the barcode. Get a comprehensive ethics report in under 2 seconds. Make informed decisions on the spot.
Privacy-First Architecture
Your camera feed never leaves your device. Barcode detection runs entirely in-browser using BarcodeDetector API. Only the barcode number is sent to lookup—never your images, never your location.
Evidence-Backed, Not Opinion
Every score is traceable to source data: certifications, ingredients, company records, third-party databases. Users can see exactly why a product scored the way it did.
8 Dimensions That Matter
Labor practices. Environmental impact. Animal welfare. Transparency. Corporate conduct. Geopolitical ethics. Health. Community. The full picture, weighted and scored.
A Valuable, Growing Data Asset
Here's what makes this platform worth $1.5M: every scan builds a non-private dataset with real commercial value.
Users share no personal data. But the platform collects rich, structured information about products, brands, and consumer interest patterns—all completely anonymized and commercially licensable.
Product Intelligence
Which products are being scanned. What categories are trending. Which brands consumers are researching. Ingredient and certification coverage gaps.
Brand Profiles
100+ pre-loaded brand profiles with ethics scores, controversy tracking, parent company mapping. AI auto-researches new brands and caches results.
Certification Database
200+ certifications mapped to ethical dimensions. Fair Trade, B Corp, Leaping Bunny, FSC, GOTS, and more. Each with precise scoring impacts.
Monetization Ready
B2B API with tiered pricing. E-commerce widget licensing. Brand consulting services. Enterprise white-labeling. All documented and designed.
8 Dimensions, Scored 0–100
Labor
20%Fair wages, working conditions, supply chain ethics, union rights
Environment
22%Carbon footprint, packaging, deforestation, pollution, sourcing
Animal Welfare
12%Cruelty-free testing, vegan ingredients, humane treatment
Transparency
12%Ingredient disclosure, supply chain traceability, public reporting
Corporate Conduct
10%Business ethics, legal compliance, governance
Geopolitical Ethics
10%Country of origin, sanctions compliance, conflict region sourcing
Health
8%Nutritional quality, harmful additives, Nutri-Score, NOVA group
Community
6%Local sourcing, small business support, cooperative ownership
Weights are configurable. Users can prioritize what matters most to them—more weight on environment, less on health, or vice versa. The platform adapts to individual values.
Scan → Score → Decide
Scan Barcode
Point your camera at any product. BarcodeDetector API runs entirely in your browser—no image upload, complete privacy.
Multi-Provider Lookup
System queries 7+ databases in parallel: Open Food Facts, Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, and more. Falls back to AI vision if needed.
Evidence-Based Scoring
Rules engine processes certifications, ingredients, packaging, country of origin, boycott lists, and company profiles. Every score backed by traceable evidence.
AI Enhancement
Groq AI (Llama 3.3) analyzes unknowns, researches companies, and identifies products from photos when barcode lookup fails.
The Math Makes Sense
$150B+ Ethical Consumer Market
Conscious consumerism is exploding. 73% of millennials pay more for sustainable products. 66% of global consumers will pay more for sustainable brands. This platform captures that demand at the moment of purchase.
18+ Months of Development
Not a weekend project. Production-grade architecture, comprehensive documentation, multiple client apps, AI integration, 1,150+ lines of scoring logic, 100+ brand profiles, 200+ certification mappings.
Growing Data Asset
Every user scan enriches a valuable, non-private dataset. Product intelligence, brand coverage, consumer interest patterns—all licensable to retailers, brands, and researchers.
Multiple Revenue Streams
B2B API licensing, e-commerce widget subscriptions, brand consulting, premium app features, enterprise white-labeling. All designed and documented.
First-Mover Advantage
There is no comparable product with this depth. Privacy-first architecture, 8-dimension scoring, multi-platform apps, AI research—competitors would need 18+ months to catch up.
Complete Platform + Support Services
The core product is the consumer-facing scanner. But you also get the complete infrastructure to run, scale, and monetize it:
🌐 Web App
Flask 3.x + MongoDB. 19 themes. In-browser barcode detection. Vision AI fallback. Methodology and dispute pages.
📱 Android App
Native Kotlin with ML Kit barcode scanner. Offline caching. Google Play publishing guide included.
🖥️ Desktop App
Electron app for Windows, macOS, Linux. System tray integration. Build scripts for all platforms.
⚙️ Admin Panel
20+ API endpoints. Product/user/dispute management. Role-based access. Complete audit logging.
🔌 REST API
JWT auth. Swagger/ReDoc docs. CORS-ready. Designed for B2B monetization with rate limiting.
📊 7+ Data Sources
Open Food/Products/Beauty/Pet Food Facts, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Wikidata. Zero licensing fees.
🤖 AI Integration
Groq Llama 3.3 for company research. Vision model for product identification. Auto-caching.
📚 4,000+ Lines Docs
Architecture, API reference, deployment guides, 930-line improvement roadmap.
One Payment. Complete Ownership.
EthicalScanner.com Domain
Premium brandable .com TLD, full transfer
People-First Consumer Service
Privacy-centered, instant ethics scanning
Valuable Data Collection System
Non-private product/brand intelligence
Complete Support Infrastructure
5 services, 4,000+ lines docs, production configs
No Ongoing Fees
One-time purchase, own forever
Empower Conscious Consumers. Build a Data Asset.
A privacy-first service that helps people shop their values instantly—while collecting valuable, non-private product and brand intelligence with every scan.
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