Who it’s for
- Small-scale processors — quick ingredient lookups without reading 300+ page standards
- Mid-size manufacturers — formulation planning across multiple product lines
- Product development teams — identify permitted ingredients by product type
- QA/Regulatory teams — verify compliance with usage limits and conditions
- Startup founders — understand regulatory landscape before product launch
Core capabilities
Ingredient Rule Lookup
Search any ingredient to see which food categories permit it, with:- Maximum usage levels (mg/kg or open-dose)
- Regulatory conditions and exceptions
- Difficulty rating (Easy, Standard, Complex, Expert Required)
Product Formulation Guide
Select a product type (e.g., bread, ice cream, ketchup) to see:- All permitted ingredients with human-readable usage limits
- Difficulty labels for each ingredient-category combination
- Conditions that apply to specific uses
Category Intelligence
Understand regulatory complexity at the food category level:- Formulation Flexibility score (how many ingredients are permitted)
- Condition density (how many conditions per ingredient)
- Difficulty tier distribution
EU Regulatory Comparison
Compare Codex and EU rules side-by-side for the same ingredient and food category:- Which jurisdiction is stricter for each combination
- Jurisdiction gaps — ingredients permitted in one but not the other
- Resolved footnote definitions — numeric footnote references (e.g., “(1) (4) (57)”) expanded to full regulatory text
Allergen Risk Analytics
Identify ingredients with known allergen associations:- 14 EU-recognized major allergens mapped to food additive ingredients
- Allergen risk level per ingredient-category rule
- Cross-jurisdiction allergen flagging (Codex vs EU)
Commercial Opportunity Scoring
A 0-100 composite score identifying categories with the highest commercial potential, weighted by:- Regulatory difficulty (30%)
- Expert review rate (25%)
- Category reach (20%)
- Condition burden (15%)
- Standards coverage (10%)
Access tiers
- Free
- Enterprise
Industry-filtered access to the core platform.Your dashboard is filtered to your selected industry group (e.g., Bakery & Cereals, Dairy & Ice Cream). You can see:
- Total rules, unique ingredients, conditions, and food categories for your industry
- Top 25 most versatile ingredients
- Top 20 most flexible categories
- Full ingredient rule lookup table (filtered to your industry)
Difficulty scores, expert review flags, and commercial opportunity data are available on Premium and Enterprise tiers.