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Good suggestions, thanks!

Thank you! If it's a difficult one I'm guessing Low FODMAP or AIP :)

Thanks! We are considering API integrations.

Thanks, Stephen! Serving size / food tracking would be a great feature add.

That's helpful advice! I'll add that info to the site and, to let you know, here's how we make money. (1) We currently charge for "diets". So, if you want to unlock Paleo, it's $2.99 per month. For free everyone gets food scores + risky ingredients flagged + info on why an ingredient was flagged. (2) We have an affiliate relationship with several of the retailers we support so, if you use the extension while shopping, they pay us a referral fee. Where do you grocery shop? Will see if it's a retailer on our roadmap.

The big issue with sugar is HOW MUCH we're consuming. Most Americans are consuming more than 10% of their daily calories from Sugar and too much consumption has been linked to a whole heap of things beyond just diabetes - including cardiovascular, neurological, and metabolic issues. Sugar is also incredibly addictive so, with it being in so much of our food, it's no surprise that we're consuming more than recommended. Sift just brings that information to the forefront so that shoppers are more empowered in the grocery aisles.

That's correct! We also have an affiliate model with some of the retailers we support so get a small kick back from the retailer if you use our Browser Extension while doing your online grocery shopping.

Oh my gosh, such a good catch! No it's not a genuine screen shot because we're using a dummy product for legal reasons but you are 100% right that we need to update that image. Thanks for the feedback.

Hi - Yes! Good shout out. Our Browser Extension is new (which is the product I liked to), but we launched our mobile app a few years back and Open Food Facts was an incredible resource at that time.

That is a great question and we, for sure, need to add this to our website in an FAQ section or something. We have our own database for this and look at "risky ingredients" in two ways: (1) Ingredients that are banned or heavily restricted in other countries are flagged as red (brominated flour, red 40, etc.) and (2) ingredients that may not be banned anywhere, but have numerous peer reviewed studies citing their negative impact to our health are flagged as yellow (high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, etc.).

Thanks, Mike! I don't really have a good answer here. It was on our list of diets we considered, but we ended up prioritizing vegan given the plant based phenomena going on at the moment. It's still on the roadmap.

Super helpful feedback and an easy fix for us to add to the site! Thank you.

That's a really good point and something we should be talking about as a tech community. For our extension, it's "active" if you're on a retailer page we support and not active when you're elsewhere on the web. The extension overlays information onto the product page which is why we need to be "active" - we give a food score + show you whether it's compliant with your dietary needs (this one is a paid feature so needs to be unlocked). Doing this allows us to remove the friction around needing to "click" to get the relevant info so our lens is it makes shopping easier, but maybe we're missing something important about privacy. Will you share a bit more about the concerns you'd have with us being able to see your shopping on AmazonFresh for example? To answer your question - I routinely use a few extensions (Honey, Dashlane, and, of course, Sift) but I do find that I'm more selective about Browser Extensions installs than Mobile App installs.

Eeek, yes! Sorry - probably should have put that in the post.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Life rule to live by :)