Food

623 food products analysed ingredient by ingredient, each scored 0–10 against FSSAI status, the nutrition panel and the claims printed on the pack. No brand can pay to change a score.

Food on Decode Label

How many food products has Decode Label analysed?

623 published food products from 176 brands, each scored 0–10 from its own label. The brands with the most products analysed are Haldiram's (50), Kellogg's (28), Cadbury (27).

Which ingredients are most often flagged in food products?

Across the 623 food products analysed: Wheat Flour (in 218); Palm Oil (in 181); Disodium Ribonucleotides (in 110); Peanuts (in 63); Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat (in 45); Sodium Carbonate (in 27). Each has a register page naming the authority behind the concern.

How are food products scored?

By the same rules engine used for every product, from what the label declares: the nutrition panel, the ingredients (with their FSSAI status), how processed the product is, and whether the pack claims hold up. The same label always gives the same score, and no brand can pay to change it.

Which food products have been compared side by side?

Decode Label has stored comparisons such as ADF Soul Garlic Pickle Made in 100% Olive Oil vs ADF Soul Mixed Pickle and ADF Soul Garlic Pickle Made in 100% Olive Oil vs ADF Soul’s Spicy green chillies pickled in 100% Olive Oil with bold, tangy and traditional Indian spices.

Wheat Flour · 218 Palm Oil · 181 Disodium Ribonucleotides · 110 Peanuts · 63 Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat · 45 Sodium Carbonate · 27 Fractionated Fat · 24 Interesterified Vegetable Fat · 19

Counted from the food products Decode Label has analysed. Coverage grows as products are added, so these figures describe our catalogue, not the whole Indian market.