Ingredient & additive flags

Product pages show short factual chips when we find specific ingredients or allergens in the label text or allergen statement. Wording is neutral (for example, “Contains aspartame”). List exclude filters are not indexed.

How we rate foods

Flag chips on product pages

• Contains acesulfame K
• Contains added sugars or syrups
• Contains egg
• Contains fish
• Contains milk
• Contains peanut
• Contains sesame
• Contains shellfish
• Contains soy
• Contains tree nuts
• Contains wheat
• Contains aspartame
• Contains BHA
• Contains BHT
• Contains Blue 1
• Contains Blue 2
• Contains canola / rapeseed oil
• Contains corn oil
• Contains cottonseed oil
• Lists gluten grains
• Contains Green 3
• Contains high-fructose corn syrup
• No added sugar on label
• Contains palm oil
• Contains potassium sorbate
• Contains Red 3
• Contains Red 40
• Contains saccharin
• Contains safflower oil
• Contains sodium benzoate
• Contains sodium nitrite / nitrate
• Contains soybean oil
• Contains sucralose
• Contains sunflower oil
• Contains TBHQ
• Whole grain first ingredient
• Contains Yellow 5
• Contains Yellow 6

Exclude filters on lists & search

Each option keeps products that do not carry the corresponding flag. Products without ingredient data are not removed.

• exclude=artificial_sweeteners — Artificial sweeteners
• exclude=added_sugars — Added sugars / syrups
• exclude=seed_oils — Seed oils
• exclude=artificial_colors — Artificial colours
• exclude=preservatives — Common preservatives
• exclude=hfcs — High-fructose corn syrup
• exclude=palm_oil — Palm oil
• exclude=gluten — Gluten grains listed
• exclude=nuts — Peanuts or tree nuts listed
• exclude=milk — Milk listed
• exclude=eggs — Eggs listed
• exclude=soy — Soy listed
• exclude=fish — Fish listed
• exclude=shellfish — Shellfish listed
• exclude=sesame — Sesame listed

Matching notes

Matching uses ingredient text, declared allergen statements, and (for Open Food Facts products) additive E-numbers stored with the product. Label claims such as “sugar-free” suppress added-sugar flags; “peanut-free facility” suppresses peanut allergen flags.