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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.

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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
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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
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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
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SmartLinks is a GS1 approved partner

Digital Links convert traditional barcodes into dynamic QR Codes, called 2d Barcodes, that not only help you meet EU labelling and Digital-Product-Passport legislation, but signpost your consumers to product specific information, updates and offers.

This means valuable GTIN/SKU data can be read directly from the code even without internet access, which can include batch and expiry/BBE information directly in the URL.

Useful for everything from stock and expiry checks, recall information, staff discounts, this can speed up a staff member's job or make it easier for them to help a customer.

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Anne Godfrey, CEO of GS1 UK
“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 — enabling brands of all sizes to future-proof their product strategies, enhance consumer engagement and meet evolving regulatory requirements with confidence.”
Anne Godfrey
CEO, GS1 UK
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