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GoodGuide mobile makes it fast and easy to find safe, healthy, and green products, instantly delivering the information you need, when you need it most — in a store and on the go. Get instant access to over 70,000 products and ratings at your fingertips. Check a product, see top-rated products in a category, and access your personalized shopping list to quickly find safe & healthy products. You can access GoodGuide mobile via our iPhone Application or Text Messaging Application.

Simply download GoodGuide's iPhone application through Apple's iTunes App Store or use GoodGuide's Text Messaging application on any phone to get product ratings sent to your phone via text message. Start shopping smarter today!

GoodGuide iPhone Application:

For the first time, GoodGuide provides iPhone users access to the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental and social performance of everyday products and companies. That's free, easy, mobile access to data on over 70,000 products — from shampoo to household cleaners.

With GoodGuide you can view product ratings and see what's behind the label of your favorite brands. Quickly check products or browse the top rated products in a category while you're in the store and on the go. Create personalized shopping lists and avoid lists, get instant product recommendations based on what's most important to you, and share your favorite products with friends and family.

GoodGuide's iPhone application currently provides information about personal care, household chemical products, toys, and food, and we will continue to add many more product categories!

GoodGuide's iPhone app is:

  • Comprehensive: Find health, environmental, and social performance ratings for over 70,000 food, toys, personal care, & household products — from baby shampoo to bathroom cleaner.
  • Free, Quick, and Easy: Instantly check products, view ratings, and find safer, healthier products while you are in the store and on the go.
  • Personalized: Create personal shopping lists that are accessible anytime, anywhere.
  • Convenient: Quickly get the information you need at your fingertips before you make your purchase.

GoodGuide Text Messaging Application:

Choosing safe & healthy products is quick and easy with GoodGuide's Text Messaging Application. Simply send a text message to 41411 following the guidelines below to begin getting the information you need, delivered where and when you need it most. To get started,

  • Send a text message to 41411. Every text message must begin with the word "gguide" in the body of the message.
  • Then, add whatever it is you are searching for after "gguide". Choose from the following selections:

Search for a type of product:

  • For example, send "gguide shampoo" to 41411.
  • View the top brands in that product category.
  • To refine results, reply with "1", "2", or "3" to select a brand name.

 Search for a product by name:

  • Send "gguide pantene shampoo" or "gguide burts bees toothpaste" to 41411.
  • To refine results, reply with "p" to view top products, or reply with "r" followed by a specific product name to refine results.

 Search by UPC code:

  • Send "gguide" followed by a 12 digit UPC code (this is all of the numbers on a barcode, including the small numbers at the start and finish).
  • Please note that if we cannot return the exact UPC Code, we will return products manufactured by the company that produces the product.

Access your personalized shopping list:

  • Create an Account and Become a Member online at GoodGuide.com.
    (Mobile Phone Number Required. Become a member now.)
  • Add products to your shopping list.
  • Access your shopping list while you're in the store and on the go by sending "gguide lists" to 41411.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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