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How verdicts are computed

Every verdict is a documented opinion: pure, deterministic rules over the product's ingredient data — no AI in the verdict path, ever. Each judge below is a versioned rule-set. What you see here is the live rule data the engine runs, not a summary of it. Every verdict lists the exact fields that fired ("the receipts"), and a judge whose load-bearing fields are missing says CAN'T JUDGE instead of guessing.

What the data cannot capture: sourcing and rawness — grass-fed, pasture-raised, raw vs pasteurized, farm trust — are not in barcode-level data. Where a label declares them ("Rohmilch") the rules use it; otherwise sourcing-sensitive verdicts carry the caveat "sourcing unknown — verdict assumes conventional".

Eric Berg creator

based on Eric Berg's published rules — not affiliated

Needs: nutriments.carbohydrates_100g, nutriments.sugars_100g, ingredients_text · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 1 = APPROVED, between = MID

  • -100 carbs {hits} g/100g — over the keto line (15 g)
  • -100 sugar {hits} g/100g — pure sugar territory
  • -100 sugary drink — liquid carbs, straight out of ketosis
  • -3 sugar {hits} g/100g — one serving blows a day's carb budget
  • -1 carbs in the 5–15 g/100g gray zone — budget carefully
  • +2 carbs {hits} g/100g — keto-friendly macros
  • -100 seed oil ({hits}) — the hard no keto macros can't launder
  • -100 MSG (E621) — blacklisted, no exceptions

Sources: www.drberg.com

Glucose Goddess creator

based on Jessie Inchauspé's published rules — not affiliated

Needs: nutriments.sugars_100g · verdict: score ≤ -4 = SLOP, ≥ 1 = APPROVED, between = MID

  • -100 sugar {hits} g/100g — a glucose spike in a jar
  • -100 juice is sugar water — the fiber is gone, the spike is whole
  • -100 sugary drink — liquid glucose with nothing to slow it down
  • -2 noticeable sugar load (5–22.5 g/100g) — spike territory, dress it with protein and fiber
  • -1 refined starch ({hits}) — glucose in disguise
  • -2 starchy drink — liquid carbs still count as glucose
  • +2 sugar {hits} g/100g — no meaningful spike

Sources: www.glucosegoddess.com

Goatis creator

based on Goatis's public positions — synthesized, not affiliated

Needs: ingredients_text, additives_tags, nova_group · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 1 = APPROVED, between = MID · sourcing-sensitive

  • -100 seed oil ({hits}) — industrial oil, the hard line
  • -3 unspecified vegetable oil — names no oil, assumed industrial
  • -2 palm oil ({hits}) — refined industrial fat
  • -2 refined sugar ({hits}) — the white bag, not the honeycomb
  • -2 soy ({hits}) — the industrial legume
  • -100 additives ({hits}) — E-numbers, the factory's fingerprints
  • -100 NOVA 4 — ultra-processed
  • -100 NOVA 3 — processed
  • -1 starch filler ({hits}) — bulk for the product, not for you
  • -1 from concentrate ({hits}) — processed, not fresh
  • -1 added flavourings ({hits}) — taste on loan from a lab
  • +2 whole animal food ({hits}) — the ancestral staple
  • +2 traditional fat ({hits}) — the fats with a track record
  • +1 honey ({hits}) — the ancestral sweetener
  • +3 raw claim ({hits}) — quality axis declared on the label
  • -2 pasteurized ({hits}) — the milk can't remember the cow
  • +2 raw animal food ({hits}) — the whole point

Sources: www.youtube.com · knowyourmeme.com

Keto school

standard ketogenic macro thresholds (carb/sugar load per 100 g) over Open Food Facts nutriment data

Needs: nutriments.carbohydrates_100g, nutriments.sugars_100g · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 1 = APPROVED, between = MID

  • -100 carbs {hits} g/100g — over the keto line (15 g)
  • -100 sugar {hits} g/100g — pure sugar territory
  • -100 sugary drink — liquid carbs, straight out of ketosis
  • -3 sugar {hits} g/100g — one serving blows a day's carb budget
  • -1 carbs in the 5–15 g/100g gray zone — budget carefully
  • +2 carbs {hits} g/100g — keto-friendly macros

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

NOVA baseline school

NOVA food-processing classification (Monteiro et al.) via Open Food Facts

Needs: ingredients_text, nova_group · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 0 = APPROVED, between = MID

  • -100 NOVA group 4 — ultra-processed
  • -1 NOVA group 3 — processed food
  • +1 NOVA group 2 — processed culinary ingredient
  • +1 NOVA group 1 — unprocessed or minimally processed

Sources: world.openfoodfacts.org · www.fao.org

Ray Peat creator

based on Ray Peat's published principles — not affiliated

Needs: ingredients_text · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 0 = APPROVED, between = MID

  • -5 seed oil ({hits}) — PUFA, the enemy
  • -3 unspecified vegetable oil — assumed PUFA
  • -3 nuts/seeds ({hits}) — PUFA load
  • -2 fatty fish ({hits}) — PUFA
  • -2 pork/poultry fat ({hits}) — high-PUFA animal fat
  • -2 soy ({hits})
  • -3 soy lecithin (E322) — the emulsifier in nearly every chocolate
  • -3 gums ({hits}) — the blacklist trio: carrageenan, guar, xanthan
  • -2 thickeners ({hits})
  • -3 artificial sweetener ({hits})
  • -3 HFCS/corn syrup ({hits})
  • -1 grains/legumes ({hits}) — mild negative
  • -1 starch ({hits})
  • -1 synthetic colors ({hits}) — minor
  • +1 dairy ({hits}) — pro-metabolic staple
  • +1 sugar/honey ({hits}) — pro-metabolic here, not a negative
  • +1 fruit juice ({hits}) — a Peater staple
  • -1 from concentrate — docked
  • +2 gelatin/organ/shellfish ({hits}) — favored
  • +1 saturated fat ({hits}) — tolerated to favored

Sources: raypeat.com · lowtoxinforum.com · optimisingnutrition.com

Paul Saladino creator

based on Paul Saladino's published animal-based rules — not affiliated

Needs: ingredients_text · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 2 = APPROVED, between = MID · sourcing-sensitive

  • -100 seed oil ({hits}) — industrial plant fat, hard slop
  • -3 unspecified vegetable oil — plant fat with no name
  • -1 plant fat ({hits}) — not an animal fat
  • -100 grains ({hits}) — grass seeds, hard slop
  • -100 legumes/soy ({hits}) — plant, hard slop
  • -100 vegetables ({hits}) — plant, hard slop
  • -3 nuts/seeds ({hits}) — plants in a shell
  • -2 refined sugar ({hits}) — plant extract, concentrated
  • -1 starch filler ({hits})
  • -1 from concentrate — processed, docked
  • -2 NOVA 4 — ultra-processed, not food an animal recognizes
  • -2 additives ({hits}) — nothing in an animal has an E-number
  • -4 curing salts/phosphates ({hits}) — the meat is fine, the processing is not
  • -3 artificial sweetener ({hits})
  • -1 synthetic colors ({hits})
  • -1 flavorings ({hits}) — flavor comes from fat, not a lab
  • +2 animal flesh ({hits}) — the whole point
  • +2 fish/seafood ({hits}) — animal food
  • +2 eggs ({hits}) — animal food
  • +2 dairy ({hits}) — animal food
  • +3 organ meats ({hits}) — nose-to-tail
  • +1 gelatin/collagen ({hits}) — animal-derived
  • +2 fruit ({hits}) — allowed on animal-based, the fun disagreement with keto
  • +2 fruit juice ({hits}) — doctrine-approved sugar
  • +2 honey ({hits}) — a raw-honey staple, not a negative here
  • +2 raw dairy ({hits}) — the animal-based gold standard
  • +1 grass-fed/pasture claim ({hits}) — the quality axis, declared on the label

Sources: www.paulsaladinomd.co · heartandsoil.co

Seed-Oil-Free school

based on Cate Shanahan's published 'Hateful Eight' seed-oil list — not affiliated

Needs: ingredients_text · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 0 = APPROVED, between = MID

  • -100 Hateful Eight oil ({hits}) — the one rule, ruthlessly applied
  • -100 unspecified 'vegetable oil' — assumed to hide one of the eight

Sources: drcate.com

Solbrah creator

based on Sol Brah's published rules — not affiliated

Needs: ingredients_text, additives_tags, nova_group · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 1 = APPROVED, between = MID · sourcing-sensitive

  • -100 seed oil ({hits}) — industrial oil, the hard line
  • -3 unspecified vegetable oil — names no oil, assumed industrial
  • -2 palm oil ({hits}) — refined industrial fat
  • -2 refined sugar ({hits}) — the white bag, not the honeycomb
  • -2 soy ({hits}) — the industrial legume
  • -2 additives ({hits}) — E-numbers, the factory's fingerprints
  • -3 NOVA 4 — ultra-processed
  • -1 NOVA 3 — processed
  • -1 starch filler ({hits}) — bulk for the product, not for you
  • -1 from concentrate ({hits}) — processed, not fresh
  • -1 added flavourings ({hits}) — taste on loan from a lab
  • +2 whole animal food ({hits}) — the ancestral staple
  • +2 traditional fat ({hits}) — the fats with a track record
  • +1 honey ({hits}) — the ancestral sweetener
  • +3 raw claim ({hits}) — quality axis declared on the label
  • +2 sourdough ({hits}) — the staple carb, properly prepared
  • +1 white rice ({hits}) — an approved staple carb
  • -1 refined wheat ({hits}) — fine only as sourdough

Sources: www.solbrah.life · x.com

Vegan school

OFF ingredients analysis (en:vegan / en:non-vegan)

Needs: ingredients_analysis_tags · verdict: score ≤ -3 = SLOP, ≥ 2 = APPROVED, between = MID

  • abstain vegan-status-unknown
  • -100 animal-derived ingredients — OFF analysis flags this product non-vegan
  • -1 ambiguous ingredients — OFF analysis can't rule out animal origin
  • +2 no animal ingredients — OFF analysis: vegan

Sources: wiki.openfoodfacts.org

Named creators: verdicts are editorial syntheses of each creator's published positions — never statements by them, never affiliations. Your name here? Object once, renamed instantly. Product data: Open Food Facts (ODbL — licenses).