This is some cool shit

I will preface this post by saying that I am a die hard iPhone lover.  Die.  Hard. I love my iPhone like other people love their kids.  And I’m not the slightest bit ashamed to say that I’d probably take my iPhone over a kid any day- not ashamed one bit.

There’s a brand spankin’ new iPhone App that scans ingredient lists for animal products so you can avoid any hidden yucky stuff.  Sweet!  All you do is take a picture of the ingredient list and it’s checked against a database of animal products.  You’re warned when an animal product is found.

I’m so excited I’m gonna pee my pants, I’m not even joking.  I have been saying that I wanted something like this for forever now, I’m super stoked that it came to my iPhone.  I can’t wait to use it.  Oh, right.  I can’t use it.  And neither can you unless you have an iPhone 3GS.  Which sigh, is something I do not have.  I have a 3G.  Ah, but there is a bit of good news- you can search the database even if you don’t have a iPhone 3GS.  So there’s that anyway.  I’m still excited to get the App and test it out.

Have you noticed it’s getting easier and easier to know what you are consuming?  The general public is learning to read labels and question ingredients.  More and more people are doing research before they purchase a product.  And, more and more people are choosing animal and cruelty-free products.  I’ll bet it scares the shit out of the ones who profit from killing animals.  There is a lot of power in education- we should use it whenever we can.

Learn about the real price animals pay for our goods at Commercial Street, once you’ve been you won’t be the same.  Then, join the vegan evolution.  Send your friends to Commercial Street, put a spiffy button on your page- anything that helps spread the word that we choose vegan.

UPDATE: Ha ha, I’m brainless today.  The name of the App is Vegetarian Scanner.  You can get more info about it at iTunes Preview.