THE LABEL
“Low sodium.”The claim on the front of the pack. Almost nobody checks it against the numbers on the back.
“It’s fine.” Says who?
Tell us what your family can’t eat, or how much is too much. We check the label, the menu and the kitchen, and show you what we found. When nobody knows, we tell you that too.
Whose job is it to check?
Nobody’s. Everyone else does fine if no one checks. You are the one who pays if it goes wrong.
THE MENU
“No nuts in this one.”Written to make you order it, not to tell you what is really in it.
THE HOST
“It’s fine, I made it myself.”Said with love. But it’s from memory, not from the four labels in the bin.
THE AGENT
“That looks safe for you.”Sounds just as confident whether it actually knows or not.
“Verified” has been sold to you before.
A blue check tells you who is talking. It doesn’t tell you whether what they said is true. With food, being wrong costs more.
What can I ask it?
Ask two kinds of question: “this can’t be in my food” or “keep this under a number.” We check exactly what you asked. Nothing more, nothing less.
What can’t be in it
“No sesame.” “No cashews.” Anything your family can’t have.
Composition
What’s in it, according to the label
Preparation
Shared fryers, shared boards, how it is actually made
We need both. An ingredient list on its own never gets a yes.
What it must stay under
“Under 600mg of salt.” “Under 10g of sugar.” Any number, per serving.
The panel
What the nutrition panel says, per serving, with the date we read it
One source: the panel. It’s under your number or it isn’t.
Either way you get the same thing back: what we found, where it came from, and when we read it.
One item, one menu, or a whole week.
Same check, same four answers, for one product, a whole menu, or a week of meals.
A PRODUCT · AGAINST A NUMBER · SODIUM UNDER 600 MG PER SERVING
Per 240 ml
| Calories | 15 |
|---|---|
| Total fat | 0.5 g |
| Sodium | 780 mg |
| Total carbohydrate | 1 g |
| Total sugars | 1 g |
| Added sugars | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Potassium | 50 mg |
Kroger® 99% Fat Free Chicken Broth
conflict found
780 mg per serving, over the 600 mg limit.
sodium 780 mgpanelread 27 Aug 2026
Per 1 Cup US
| Calories | 10 |
|---|---|
| Sodium | 130 mg |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Calcium | 30 mg |
| Potassium | 70 mg |
Kettle & Fire Gluten Free Low Sodium Chicken Broth
no conflict found
130 mg per serving.
sodium 130 mgpanelread 2 Sept 2026
No nutrition panel is on file for this pack, so there is no number to rule against.
Simple Truth® Cold Deli Fresh Whole Rotisserie Chicken
couldn't verify
no nutrition panel is on file for this subject
no panelpanelread 2 Sept 2026
A MENU · AGAINST AN ALLERGEN · KRYSTAL · MILK
A whole week, in one call.
Up to 25 things at once: a recipe, a shopping basket, seven days of meals. One answer per item, each with its date.
check_planWhat if it doesn’t know?
It tells you. Four answers can come back, and two of them are honest ways of saying “we don’t know.” That’s the part everyone else leaves out.
Everything checked out, and we show you the source and the date we read it.
It’s in there, or it’s over your number. Named, with its source and date.
One thing is missing. We give you the exact question that closes it.
Nobody can answer this one. We say so instead of guessing.
What counts as proof, in full, at knowngate.com/standard. You can check our reasoning, not only our answer.
A checker that always says yes is worth nothing. We publish how often we say “we don’t know”, and we do not try to shrink it.
In August we found 63,601 of our own records reading “may contain” as “contains ”. We fixed it and said so publicly.
Unknown counts as no.
You can’t turn that off. The word “safe” never appears here. We show you what we found; you decide.
Then what do I do?
When something is missing, we hand you the exact question to ask, and tell you what a real answer sounds like.
TO A KITCHEN
Q-PREP-11“Is the fryer shared with anything breaded in sesame?”What counts: a clear yes or no about today. “It should be fine” doesn’t count.
TO A PACK
Q-SERV-01“What is the serving size on the pack you have?”What counts: the number printed on your pack. Brands change serving sizes between formats.
The answer gets written down, with a name and a time on it.
Save a check and you get a dated record anyone can open. Show the kitchen, send it to school, keep it for next time. It is the only thing we ever keep, and only because you asked.
What’s the catch?
There isn’t one, not for you. You are the one carrying the risk, so you never pay and we never ask you for anything.
Not a trial. Checking is free for families and always will be.
No sign-up, no profile. Type it, scan it, or photograph it, then press check.
Your check lives on your screen and nowhere else, unless you save it to share.
Six things we deliberately don’t do
We check claims. We never give advice. The moment we tell you what to eat, we would have a stake in the answer, and a checker with a stake in the answer is worthless.
No adviceNo meal plansNo dietsNo groceries or pricesNo pantryNo “is this healthy”
Building an agent that talks about food?
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