Data sources
Where our product information comes from.
GMOScan grades are built from open, public product data. Here is each source, what it covers, and the licence it is shared under.
Sources
Open data, credited
Open Food Facts
Packaged foods: product names, ingredient lists, nutrition facts, and label claims such as organic.
Licence: Open Database License (ODbL)
Open Beauty Facts
Cosmetics and personal-care products: product names and ingredient lists.
Licence: Open Database License (ODbL)
USDA FoodData Central
Nutrition for branded and whole foods, used when another source is missing a product or a value.
Licence: Public domain (CC0 1.0)
How we use it
Our copy, our grades
Product photos are by Open Food Facts and Open Beauty Facts contributors, under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence (CC BY-SA).
GMOScan keeps its own regularly updated copy of this data. When a product is not in our copy yet, we look it up directly from the source.
GMOScan calculates its own grades from this data. The sources above do not review or endorse GMOScan or its grades.
Help improve it
Spotted something wrong?
Open Food Facts and Open Beauty Facts are built by volunteers, and anyone can correct a product on their websites. You can also email appservices@gmoscan.com and we will take a look.
How GMOScan grades work