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Free guide · 13 pages

The label test that sorts food from formulation.

Three questions to ask of any product, twelve additives worth knowing (with an honest rating of the evidence), and three recipes that need no label at all.

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What is in it

Four chapters. One evening.

01

The four kinds of food

What "processed" really means, and the one line on the shelf that matters.

02

The 5-second test

Three questions, practised on three real-world labels: yoghurt, bread and a snack bar.

03

Twelve additives

From titanium dioxide to erythritol, each rated strong, moderate or early. Plus the ones you can relax about.

04

Three recipes

A five-minute yoghurt bowl, a sheet-pan chicken dinner and a one-minute dressing.