EWG's Food Scores Software
Company Name: Environmental Working Group
About: The Environmental Working Groups mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier
environment.
Headquarters: Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
EWG s Food Scores Overview
EWG’s Food Scores houses information on tens of thousands of foods in a simple, searchable online format designed to guide consumers to healthy, affordable food that’s good for people and the planet.
The ingredient concerns algorithm focuses on factors such as the likely presence of key contaminants, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics and the health implications of certain food additives.
The nutrition scoring algorithm considers multiple factors, including calories, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, sodium, protein, fiber and fruit, vegetable and nut content.
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Product Details and Description of
How does your food score? How do we know what we’re eating, really? Food processors make so many claims these days. Supermarkets are loaded with foods that contain chemicals no one can pronounce. EWG’s Food Scores houses information on tens of thousands of foods in a simple, searchable online format designed to guide consumers to healthy, affordable food that’s good for people and the planet. The database includes more than: • 80,000 products • 5,000 ingredients • 1,500 brands How did we come up with our scores? We combine these ratings into a single overall product score. -- Nutrition. The nutrition scoring algorithm considers multiple factors, including calories, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, sodium, protein, fiber and fruit, vegetable and nut content. -- Ingredient concerns. The ingredient concerns algorithm focuses on factors such as the likely presence of key contaminants, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics and the health implications of certain food additives. -- Processing. The processing score reflects EWG's best estimate of the extent to which a particular food has been processed. Scoring factors include modification of individual ingredients from whole foods and the number of artificial ingredients.
Top Reviews
By I/love
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Thank you ! We need to support you ... everyone!
By Queen Bee Texas
Finally
I am so excited to find an app to cut the confusion! I just downloaded it, so I have yet to use it but am extremely excited to have the ability to cut to the chase while standing in front of a product in the isle and find valuable info beyond the label. At first I thought, why do I need this if I eat whole foods, but I do buy broths, coffees, almond and coconut milks, etc. so even if you are a perimeter shopper, I think this will be quite helpful! Thanks! Only thing I can think of that would make this even better is if it had a Q scanner or upc? I will be back with a full use review!
By GarytheFairy
Great resource
Just downloaded and checked several items in our pantry. Highly useful info, though it's important to understand the suppositions that guide the ratings. Items that were not recognized tend to be store brand. When an item is not recognized, the app tells you that the barcode has been added to a list for update, so good promise for a rapidly improved database.
