Food Fact Checker

Consumption of ultra-processed food products (UPFs) has grown exponentially over the last few decades in the higher income nations. Indian data shows that it is rising too. Because the UPFs are ultra-processed and contain nutrients like high salt and sugar, their consumption drives over eating, increased obesity, diabetes, cancers etc. making these potentially unhealthy for humans. Therefore, urgent policy interventions are required to reduce the consumption.

 The Food Fact Checker intends to present food facts to people, who can think and decide to buy or not and is aimed at reduced consumption of unhealthy food products from their diet.Fact checker takes into consideration i) degree of food processing, ii) content of sugar/salt or fat and iii) whether its advertisement is misleading or not.