SmartLinks Start · Food & Drink

Turn every pack into a reason to come back.

Build rich digital product experiences for ingredients, allergens, provenance, recipes and repeat purchase — all from one GS1-ready code.

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One code, many uses
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From shelf to kitchen table

Give your products a voice — where they come from, how they're made, and why they matter.

Granola pouch with a QR code beside a phone showing a six-button product portal
01 · One scan

A complete product experience, straight from the pack.

Product Portals link to dynamic, updatable consumer information — arranged your way, with as many or as few actions as each product needs.

  • Ingredients
  • Allergens
  • Recipes
  • Provenance
  • Reorder
  • Competitions
Tomato sauce jar with a QR code beside a phone showing nutrition, an allergen alert, origin map and language options
02 · Inform

Answer every question before it's asked.

Ingredients and allergens with immediate allergy alerts, nutrition and diet information, and localised content — so consumers can make informed choices about what they eat and drink.

  • Allergy alerts
  • Nutrition
  • Organic · Halal · Kosher · Vegan
  • Localised content
Craft beer can beside tacos and a phone showing a recipe video and four engagement buttons
03 · Engage

Turn your products into an interactive experience.

Videos and articles, recipes and cooking tips, brand stories, competitions and feedback — engagement modules that give customers a reason to scan again.

  • Videos & articles
  • Recipes
  • Brand stories
  • Competitions
  • Feedback
Coffee bag with a QR code beside a phone showing a reorder button, related blends and a coffee club offer
04 · Bring them back

Make the next purchase the easy one.

Commerce links for repurchasing and related products, plus push notifications for alerts, recalls and labelling errors — a direct relationship with every customer.

  • Repurchase
  • Related products
  • Push notifications
  • Direct relationships

Your first product can start here

Put your product experience together before you pay a thing.

Add your product information, arrange the actions customers should see and preview the complete experience. Your subscription starts when you publish it live.

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From pack to published portal

  1. 01

    Add your product

    Start with the information already on your pack.

  2. 02

    Shape the experience

    Choose the content and actions that matter for this product.

  3. 03

    Preview, then publish

    Check every detail before the experience goes live.

For larger portfolios

Ready for enterprise scale?

Seamless integration, advanced analytics and dedicated support for your entire product ecosystem.

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Connect

Your existing systems

Bring product data, experiences and operational workflows together across your portfolio.

Understand

Every product interaction

Use advanced analytics to see how people engage with products after they leave the shelf.

Scale

With dedicated support

Plan a connected-product programme that works across ranges, markets and teams.

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Built on a global standard

SmartLinks is a GS1 approved partner.

GS1 Digital Links turn product codes into a route to product-specific information, updates and offers while retaining the identifiers used across supply chains.

“The global transition from the trusty barcode to QR codes powered by GS1 marks the beginning of a new era of transparency, connecting products with consumers, supply chains and regulators like never before. SmartLinks is playing a vital role in making adoption simple and scalable.”
Anne Godfrey, CEO of GS1 UKAnne GodfreyCEO, GS1 UK