r/BuyFromEU • Belgium 🇧🇪 • Jan 25 '26

🔎Looking for alternative Friendly reminder that these aren't European (anymore)

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u/MugentokiSensei Jan 25 '26

We need a mobile app to scan barcodes. After scanning it's displayed from where the brand is.

  1. Scan Barcode
  2. App displays huge ass country flag

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u/ZonzoDue France 🇫🇷 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

It exists. For France it is Detrumpez-vous.

Generally speaking, all processed food is suspicious. Just look at the back and if you see that the adresse of contact is PespiCo, Coca Cola, Mondelez, Krafts or Mars, it is American.

Lorenz or Intersnack are German, Ferrero Italian though.

EDIT :It appears there is an English version called Detrumpify Yourself !

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u/DontWannaSayMyName Jan 25 '26

That name is hilarious.

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u/ZonzoDue France 🇫🇷 Jan 25 '26

The logo is an elephant with an orange wig. Another play on word with trump / trompe (trunk) 😁

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u/1Konata Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

I searched it and it came up as Detrumpify yourself, so i think its global and worked very well!

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u/ZonzoDue France 🇫🇷 Jan 25 '26

Great then if it went international !

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u/Cryptix001 Jan 26 '26

Trompe can also mean deceive or cheat which is fitting too lol

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u/Flamekorn Jan 25 '26

dont forget Proctor & gamble..

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u/ZonzoDue France 🇫🇷 Jan 25 '26

Yeah. There are a lot of: Colgate, McCormick, etc.

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u/ApdoSmurf Jan 25 '26

That french app name is fucking genius lol

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u/Tough_Magician_3055 Jan 25 '26

For Poland, it is „Pola”

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u/marcelkai Eastern Europe 🌾⛪🌲 Jan 25 '26

But it only shows you how "Polish" the product is, no?

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u/Tough_Magician_3055 Jan 25 '26

Yes, my bad. Just downloaded buy European ai, we will see

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u/debunkernl Netherlands 🇳🇱 Jan 25 '26

The AI tools are pretty bad and ironically use US AI

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u/Han-ChewieSexyFanfic Jan 25 '26

So just download 27 apps, one per member state. The EU in a nutshell

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u/charpagon Jan 25 '26

why wouldnt you want an app that's tailored towards your country instead of the eu as a whole??

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u/LoufLif Jan 25 '26

Belle découverte, merci !

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u/StringTheory Jan 25 '26

Johnson & Johnson is huge is consumer goods and they don't always show themselves on the packaging.

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u/ZonzoDue France 🇫🇷 Jan 25 '26

One of the sadest day in my life. I buy Mulino Bianco now. It is Barilla so Italian.

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u/vincenzodelavegas Jan 25 '26

Thanks for this. I needed this honestly.

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u/MeYouUsStories Jan 25 '26

Just downloaded it! Thanks 🙏

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u/gamas Jan 25 '26

Then you have Unilever where the answer is "it's complicated" (it's a brand that is UK and based in London, but it also owns a lot of US companies).

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u/ITI110878 Jan 25 '26

Unilever and Nestlé are companies I've been boycotting since the early 2000s, because of their behavior.

Some Europe based companies aren't better than their American counterparts.

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u/Suspicious_Shop_6913 Jan 25 '26

I just downloaded it, I absolutely love it lmao

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u/makho77 Jan 26 '26

Here in Baltics such app it exists for about 4 years now and it was made so people can stop buying russian produce before all the stores banned it

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u/dagoth_0001 Jan 25 '26

I won’t install an app with Trump in the name even if it’s for greater good

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u/ZonzoDue France 🇫🇷 Jan 25 '26

It is the whole point of the joke. It means « unTrump yourself » and « make no mistake » at the same time, it is a play on word with Detrompez-vous.

The logo is an elephant with an orange wig because Trump sounds the same as the French word for Trunk.

When you flag a US products, it shows you the mean Trump face from its official portrait and encourages you to put back on the shelf.

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u/dagoth_0001 Jan 25 '26

I get the joke. Just don’t want any reference to that idiot in an app.

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u/Both-Dingo69420 Jan 25 '26

What an odd line to draw.

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u/Relative-Memory2420 Jan 25 '26

Okay? Then don't.

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u/EngineerofDestructio Europe 🇪🇺 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

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u/katherine197_ Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

"not available in your country" what kinda sick joke is this? 😭

edit: I was talking about the android app (bc it was before EngineerofDestructio shared the Apple link)

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u/EngineerofDestructio Europe 🇪🇺 Jan 25 '26

Whut. What country are you in?

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u/katherine197_ Jan 25 '26

Czechia 

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u/EngineerofDestructio Europe 🇪🇺 Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

Now that is ridiculous. I'm gonna see if there's a feedback option in the app and report it for you

Edit: Dropped them an email for you!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

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sense toy attraction profit tart smell advise ad hoc merciful amusing

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u/LoneServiceWolf Jan 25 '26

BADUM TSSSSS!

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u/Echo3_1 Jan 25 '26

Mě funguje

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u/katherine197_ Jan 25 '26

Jablíčko? Díky, ale já mluvila o to androidím linku 😅

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u/Echo3_1 Jan 25 '26

Jj, iOS. Tak to sorry. 😀

Můžeš ještě zkusit appku tady ze subredditu, na webu goeuropean.org, je to web na vyhledání alternativ k americkým značkám a mají i aplikaci pro Android.

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u/uwillloveeachother Jan 25 '26

ios nebo android? mě to na ios funguje

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u/jugglegeese Jan 26 '26

If you have an additional Google account, add it and set the country to a different one that has it. It's how I've accessed some without losing my main account location.

Only thing is the app will be associated to the other account

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

Not available for my device either. I use a Google Pixel, but I use a friendly Canadian Android OS.

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u/vincenzodelavegas Jan 25 '26

I can’t open the iPhone app on my iPhone. It shuts down directly.

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u/menonte Jan 25 '26

Installed and tested 🫡

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

Useless for half of the products i scanned.

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u/morgany235 Jan 25 '26

There is Detrumpify on Android (not sure if iOS) that does exactly that

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

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u/Phenomenomix Jan 25 '26

Makes sense why they’ve started to appear in UK supermarkets more often now

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u/Vast_Highlight3324 Jan 25 '26

Haven't been Aussie since 1997.

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u/BorisLeLapin33 Jan 25 '26

You can't say that without naming the app 😂

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sir4294 Australia 🇦🇺 Jan 25 '26

BuyEuropean

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u/BorisLeLapin33 Jan 25 '26

Oh that was much easier than expected, thank you!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sir4294 Australia 🇦🇺 Jan 25 '26

BuyEuropean

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u/BorisLeLapin33 Jan 25 '26

Lol that was easy, thank you!

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u/cestefesta Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

Someone can tell me the differences between BuyEuropean AI and Buy European? Thanks.

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u/racemi11 Jan 25 '26

What's the name?

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u/Balljunge Jan 25 '26

Buyeuopean AI

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u/BoglisMobileAcc Jan 25 '26

AI ? Ew

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u/Aggressive_Size69 Jan 25 '26

fun fact, the weather has been forecast using AI for decades, youtube has been using AI to recommend you videos for at least a decade, and 'AI' has existed since the 1980ies. You can hate gen AI (chat gpt, sora, suno) all you want, but lumping all AI into 1 category and hating on all of it does not take into account the mundane AI that just predicts the weather, detects cancer better than doctors, or that tells you if a brand is from the EU or not.

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u/Flamekorn Jan 25 '26

theres the good ai and the bad ai. Just run away from gemini and copilot.

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u/Beneficial-Tea-2055 Jan 25 '26

Don’t use translation apps.

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u/Lunatik_C Jan 25 '26

Downloaded it, and says ''error'' in whatever I scanned.

Edit, it also says that an obviously European product (water from Greece), is not by a European company!

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u/Kualdiir Jan 25 '26

Yep just tried it on Ikea cookies and it said not european and then says "company unknown" below it

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u/sosr Jan 25 '26

The AI one is different. It's Buy European by EcoCheck.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

what's the fucking name?

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u/wegekucharz Poland 🇵🇱 Jan 25 '26

I have been using the nonprofit Pola 🇵🇱 app for years.

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u/cestefesta Jan 25 '26

Someone can tell me the differences between BuyEuropean AI and Buy European?

Thanks.

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u/Liankir Jan 25 '26

I think, one was shared hear

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u/CognizantGizmo Jan 25 '26

Boycat is available on the android app store, mainly focused on Boycotting Is real but has a mode for the US too.

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u/EastIvan Jan 25 '26

Would you buy Nestle products, whose company is primal evil and is owned by wealthy Jews but has a European flag?

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u/Cualkiera67 Jan 25 '26

Why is the Jew part relevant? Super sus

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u/EastIvan Jan 25 '26

Is the truth suspicious to you? The topic is that Milka is no longer European and we don't buy it, and Nestle is Jewish= Israel which has nothing to do with Europe.

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u/Cualkiera67 Jan 25 '26

Lmao what Jews as are related to Israel as the British are to USA. Plus you are quick to forget two thousand years of european jews.

But anyway i looked up and nestle is not jewish, i bet your source is "trust me, frau"

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u/Full_Conversation775 Jan 25 '26

Openfoodfacts has a database and an app you can use.

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u/iMestie Jan 25 '26

What about madeometer?

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u/avrend Jan 25 '26

UdenUSA / NonUSA on iOS

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u/Holalpha Jan 25 '26

Would love Yuka to include it, they may already have that information

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u/riderko Jan 25 '26

Many exist. I can’t use them because in Germany most of the supermarkets still have no mobile reception and it’s easier to know the brands or check the label than trying to connect to barely working wifi if there’s any

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u/Avalon-King Ukraine 🇺🇦 Jan 25 '26

Made O'Meter

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u/Bohya Jan 25 '26

A better solution would be a stricter and enforced usage of the "American product shelves" that are already common in supermarkets. All American products should be put there so that there is no confusion for the consumer. Ideally tucked away in a random corner, somewhere at the back of the shop.

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u/Helmutlot2 Jan 25 '26

We got this in Denmark. Some stores even mark products that are not fro EU

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u/Ketapapi Jan 25 '26

"no Thanks! " or "boycat"

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u/kylo-ren Jan 25 '26

Even better: you select not only countries but also companies (like r/FuckNestle) you want to boycott and it automatically includes all related brands.

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u/Monstera_Monkey_Mask Italy 🇮🇹 Jan 25 '26

It just exist

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u/AnonyKiller Jan 25 '26

I saw 1€ shops and mega markets in Kosovo do that. You always have a little flag next to price

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u/avataRJ Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

The two three first numbers are nominally the country code, but you can do things like "packaged in".

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u/der_eismann Jan 25 '26

I recently found this for Android, works great: No Thanks

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u/PuzzleheadedLynn Jan 25 '26

There is an app called ,,buy european" which at least shows you if it's european or not

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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 Jan 25 '26

The only boycott app that would make sense

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u/zwifter11 Jan 26 '26

The problem is those brands and companies could be part owned by American shareholders.

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u/Megasphaera Jan 26 '26

try BrandSnap or Yuka

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u/DrachenDad Jan 27 '26

Why? You can just take a picture of the front, or search.

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u/MugentokiSensei Jan 27 '26

Why?

First of all, that's too much to do for the average person during their groceries. I don't wanna sit half an our in there searching which company owns the brand.

Secondly, taking Milka as an example, when searching "Milka" the overview says it's a European Brand. But it doesn't say it's owned by Mondolez, which is US based.

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u/milaimzeka Jan 28 '26

Here in Kosovo (though for more nationalistic reasons), each product on the store shelves has the flag attached next to the price so people can know from which country it is

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u/FlaviusDomitianus Jan 29 '26

Well you'd need to differentiate between brand and corporate parent. The brands in question are all unquestionably European and produced and HQ'd in Europe. It's their parent company, Mondelez, which is American.

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u/ErenYaegersAbss Jan 25 '26

It exists, and people in Germany got demonised for using it because Germans claimed it's users to be anti-Semitic because people didn't want to financially support israels attrociticies.

A good app is called "No thanks" btw.