About FoodProcess.org

FoodProcess.org is a searchable guide to what's actually in your food — rating common ingredients and additives so you can decide what's worth avoiding.

This project started, as many projects do, with "just a little bit more."

The first question I asked was, "what on earth are artificial dyes made of?" (turns out, spoiler: refined petroleum. Yummy!)

Then, I stumbled on some more additives that were almost just as horrifying. I told my wife, and she said "put together a list for me." I gave her a list of 20... which turned into 30... which turned into 35... until it became obvious that it wasn't feasible to keep using the list. "You should make me an app," she said. So I did. And voilà; here we are.

To me, this app is a fly in the soup; a Cassandra; a nagging reminder of the junk and compromise that I allow myself to buy all too often. But I'd rather be aware, and work towards doing better, than be unaware and manipulated by those whose priority is profit. Begrudgingly, it helps me — and I hope it helps you too. Happy hunting!

— the Dev