Built for people who actually read ingredient lists.
Most ingredient checkers give you a score. We give you an answer built around your skin — your conditions, sensitivities, and medications. Meet Toro, your scan-buddy.
Our approach
"Your skin is specific. The answers you get should be too."
A "safe" rating for one person isn't safe for someone managing rosacea, hormonal acne, or eczema. Most ingredient checkers ignore this. They score the product, not your skin.
Toro changes the analysis based on who's scanning. Your conditions, sensitivities, skin type, and medications all factor in. What gets flagged for you won't necessarily get flagged for someone else.
The companion — Toro — makes this visible. Scan something that works for your skin and Toro is happy. Scan something that conflicts with your profile and Toro feels it. Your choices leave a mark. Over time, that feedback loop changes how you shop without you having to think about it.
The product
Toro, the app
A barcode scanner, a skin profile that actually changes what you see, and a companion who keeps score. Available on iOS.
Scan food & skincare barcodes
Point your camera at any product barcode. Works on food and skincare — the two places where what's in the bottle has the most direct effect on your skin.
Set your skin profile once
Enter your skin type, conditions (acne, rosacea, eczema, hyperpigmentation), and any known sensitivities. Toro uses this every time you scan.
See flagged ingredients for your profile
Not a single number. You see which specific ingredients interact with your conditions, why they were flagged, and how confident the analysis is. The label says "fragrance." Toro says whether that matters for you.
Toro feels what you eat
Every scan feeds Toro. Good ingredients make Toro happy. Problematic ones leave Toro unsettled. Enough good days in a row and Toro thrives. A bad scan breaks the streak. It's a small thing — until it isn't.
The maker
Built by one person.
Toro was built by one person. No team, no funding, no ingredient suppliers with a stake in the results. There's no brand paying to appear safe. Just the ingredients.
It started as a personal frustration: ingredient checkers that treat everyone the same, scores with no explanation, and no way to ask "I have rosacea — does this actually matter for me?" Toro is the tool I wanted to exist.
The companion came from a different question: what if the feedback wasn't a number on a screen, but something you felt a small responsibility toward? A number is easy to ignore. Toro is harder to.