How it Works
Avessia helps you scan a product's ingredients label, convert it into readable text, match those ingredients against our database, and apply your personal concern settings to produce a practical product assessment.
The goal is to make ingredient information easier to access and easier to understand, without asking you to do the research manually.
Start with the source
Start by scanning the product's ingredients label using your phone camera.
Avessia is designed to detect ingredient panels headed by terms such as INGREDIENTS or CONTAINS. For the best result, the full ingredients section should be visible, with clear lighting, minimal glare, and a steady image.
From image to text
Once captured, the label image is processed using state-of-the-art optical character recognition (OCR) software running on our host systems.
This converts the photographed label into machine-readable ingredient text, including many labels that are curved, densely printed, or difficult to read by eye.
Ingredient recognition
The extracted ingredient list is then matched against Avessia's database of more than 23,000 personal care ingredients.
At this stage, recognised ingredients are identified and linked to the underlying hazard and evidence records used in the assessment process.
Relevant to you
Not every ingredient concern matters equally to every person. Avessia applies your selected concern settings to produce a more personalised result.
This generates:
Review and compare
After the scan, you can explore individual ingredient summaries to better understand why a product received its result.
Where available, ingredient summaries include scientific references to support further research. You can also save products to My Shelf for future reference and comparison.
Why Avessia?
Avessia is built around the ingredients label itself, because that is where the formulation information lives.