About Foodtopsy
Foodtopsy shows what a food gives you, what can come with it, and, where a study measured it, how much actually gets in, with the source behind every number.
What this is
A reference site for food. A reviewed food has a page that says what a serving gives you, what can come with it (contaminants, natural toxins, microbes), what to eat instead for the same job, and every value with its source and a grade for how close the evidence is. Where a human study measured how much of a nutrient actually gets in, the page says so and names the study; where none exists, it says that too.
Where the numbers come from
Listed amounts come from national food databases: USDA FoodData Central and the Canadian Nutrient File. Absorption comes from human studies, each named. Limits come from food-safety agencies such as EFSA and Health Canada; contaminant levels come from surveys of what is actually found in food. Reviewed foods are checked by hand against their sources; imported foods are shown as the databases list them and have not been checked.
How it is kept honest
The claims on the evidence cards are audited against their sources before they go up, in English and in French. Every PubMed, PMC, DOI and FoodData Central identifier on the site, and every agency link, opens what it names. The method page shows the settings behind the scores: the nutrients, reference intakes, weights and anchors. When we correct a published number, the corrections page says what you would have seen before and what you see now.
Who and what
Foodtopsy is an independent project, not a company and not a health professional. It is built by one person, with AI tools helping to draft and check; the numbers are traced to sources by the checks above, not taken from the AI.
What it is not
Information, not medical advice. Foodtopsy does not know your health, your medicines or your allergies. For those, ask a pharmacist, a dietitian or a doctor.