India Food Label Checker — FSSAI claims, hidden sugars, INS additives

Stop your AI from guessing. AI models guess about food labels, and brands use 10+ names for sugar. This tool returns a sourced, structured answer in seconds.

Use when: a user asks if a packaged food is healthy or if its label claims are true in India. Finds hidden sugars, decodes INS additives, flags high fat/sugar/salt, and checks 'no added sugar', 'low fat', 'natural' against FSSAI rules, with source.

For grocery, diet, fitness, parenting and health-chatbot apps, and fact-check creators: paste what is printed on a packaged food and get a sourced, factual read-out.

What you get

• Hidden sugars: 30+ names (glucose syrup, invert sugar, malt extract, jaggery, honey…), sugar substitutes (fruit juice concentrate, date paste) and sugar-like carbs (maltodextrin), with their position in the list.
• Additives decoded: INS / E numbers → name and function (e.g. 627 → disodium guanylate, flavour enhancer), with factual regulatory notes where they exist.
• High / medium / low fat, saturated fat, sugars and salt per 100 g or 100 ml (UK front-of-pack thresholds as reference; India has no final "high in" threshold yet).
• Claim check against FSSAI (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018: "low fat", "sugar free", "low sodium", "high fibre", "zero trans fat" (Schedule I limits), "no added sugar" (regulation 6), "natural", "pure", "fresh" (Schedule V). Verdict: MEETS_CONDITION, DOES_NOT_MEET, CANNOT_VERIFY.
• FSSAI licence number format check.

Input

{ "ingredients": "Refined wheat flour (63%), Palm oil, Salt, Flavour enhancers (INS 627, 631), Sugar, Glucose syrup",
  "nutrition": "Per 100 g: Energy 427 kcal, Total Sugars 2.6 g, Total Fat 15.8 g, Saturated Fat 7.3 g, Sodium 1160 mg",
  "claims": ["No added sugar", "Low fat"] }

Output (example)

{ "summary": "2 added sugar source(s); 2 additive(s) identified; high in saturated fat, salt; claim(s) not meeting FSSAI conditions: No added sugar, Low fat.",
  "claims": [{ "claim": "Low fat", "verdict": "DOES_NOT_MEET", "rule": "FSSAI Schedule I: \"low fat\" needs not more than 3 g per 100 g. Label declares 15.8 g." }] }

Honest by design

• Facts against published rules only. Not medical advice. No judgement of any brand.
• Every claim verdict quotes the rule and the official FSSAI source.
• Not yet checked: whether each additive is permitted in that specific food category, and protein/vitamin claims (linked to RDA).

Pricing

Pay per label check. Invalid input is not charged.