Food or Trash
Whole foods are food · Seed oils are trash · Processed is not food
How it works
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Search
Type any food, ingredient, or product into the search bar above
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Score
Get an instant 0–100 rating based on whole food principles, not industry guidelines
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Learn
Read why it scored that way, discover swaps, and explore our deep-dive articles
Why this exists
Mainstream nutrition advice has been shaped by decades of food industry lobbying and flawed science. The USDA food pyramid told a generation to eat 6–11 servings of grains while demonising natural fats. Most AI tools and nutrition apps are trained on this same biased data. Food or Trash starts from first principles: what have humans eaten for thousands of years? That's your baseline.