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# Food Additives Platform

> Capabilities and access tiers for the Food Additives Intelligence product

The Food Additives Intelligence platform transforms international food additive regulations — Codex Alimentarius (CXS 192-1995) and EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 — into a searchable, scored, and structured intelligence layer for food manufacturers. Cross-regulation comparison, allergen risk analytics, and resolved regulatory footnotes provide deeper compliance insight than reading the source documents.

## 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

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  <Tab title="Free">
    **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)

    <Note>Difficulty scores, expert review flags, and commercial opportunity data are available on Premium and Enterprise tiers.</Note>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Premium">
    **Full cross-industry access** with advanced analytics.

    Everything in Free, plus:

    * All industries visible (no row filtering)
    * Difficulty scores and expert review flags on all tables
    * Commercial opportunity ranking with tier distribution
    * Open-dose (GMP) indicators
    * Full condition text on all rules
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Enterprise">
    **Complete platform access** with deep-dive analytics.

    Everything in Premium, plus:

    * Links to specialized dashboards: Formulation Planner, Compliance Check, Market Explorer, Change Tracker, Ingredient Encyclopedia, Category Deep Dive, Codex Standards
    * API access (coming soon)
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Industry groups

When you sign up for a Free account, you select one industry group. This determines which food categories you can see:

| Industry Group                  | Example Categories                                   |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Bakery & Cereals                | Bread, biscuits, pasta, breakfast cereals            |
| Confectionery & Chocolate       | Chocolate, candy, chewing gum, cocoa products        |
| Dairy & Ice Cream               | Milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, cream               |
| Beverages                       | Juices, soft drinks, flavored water, coffee/tea      |
| Sauces, Condiments & Seasonings | Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, spice mixes            |
| Meat & Seafood                  | Processed meat, canned fish, surimi                  |
| Snacks & Ready-to-Eat           | Chips, nuts, ready meals                             |
| Oils, Fats & Spreads            | Margarine, cooking oils, butter blends               |
| Fruits & Vegetables             | Canned fruit, frozen vegetables, jams                |
| Infant & Medical Foods          | Infant formula, follow-up formula, medical nutrition |