Japanese Man Invents An App That Visualizes How Much Sugar Is In Your Drink

Have you ever wanted to know how much sugar is in that drink you just bought from the store? Sure, you could check the nutrition information, but sometimes this can be tricky. After all, how can you really visualize how many grams of sugar is in your drink if you do not have a weighing scale or sugar on you at the moment, right?

Over in Japan, a man by the name of Daiki Shimizu decided that he needed to get a better idea of how much sugar is in his drinks and has since developed an app that can visualize sugar. How it works is pretty simple, where through the app, it scans the barcode of the drink and then it will pull up an image that shows how much sugar is in that drink.

This is actually not the first time that we’ve seen such apps. For example, MyFitnessPal also has the ability to scan the barcodes of food items to pull up the nutritional information about the food. However, the main difference is that Shimizu’s app is that it can visualize the information, so you have an idea of just how many sugar cubes there are in your drink.

https://twitter.com/432daiki/status/1150759980691161088

Unfortunately, the bad news is that the app is not available for download yet. According to Shimizu who responded to users asking for it, is that the app was actually developed a year ago but it was shelved. However, due to popular demand, he decided to make it available through the Apple App Store where it is currently awaiting approval.

Tyler Lee
Categories: General
Tags: Apps, Health, Japan, Social Hit