Know what’s really in your food.
Scan any product for a 0–100 score you can actually check.
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Point. Scan. Done.
Every ingredient rated, in plain English.
- Every seed oil and additive flagged by name
- See every penalty behind the score
- Healthier swaps in the same category
Lab tested
Read the actual lab report.
Labels don’t mention the lead. Lab results do.
- Real readings, measured against the legal limit
- Every number links to the report it came from
- Never tested? We say so — we don’t call it clean
Contaminants
- Lead42% of limit
- Arsenic10% of limit
- BromateNot detected
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A score for everyone. A verdict for you.
Pick what you refuse to eat. Get a straight yes or no next to the number.
- Seven standards, from seed oils to hidden contaminants
- One strike — fail one, and it’s a no for you
- Missing data reads “unknown”, never a quiet pass
Your standards
Not for you
3 of your standards fail
- Seed oilsContains soybean oilFails
- Ultra-processedNOVA 4Fails
- Artificial ingredientsPassedPasses
- High sugar4.2g per 100gPasses
- Risky packagingPackaging unknownUnknown
- Hidden contaminantsNever lab testedFails
Find seed oil free restaurants near you.
Scored on what the kitchen actually cooks with — before you walk in.
- Filter for seed-oil-free, additive-free, or green only
- Separate scores for seed oil, additives, plastics and NOVA
- Rate your own local spots
The Tallow Score
The seed oil app with a score you can audit.
Every product starts at 100 and loses points for what’s actually in it. Nothing hidden. Audit the math.
Ingredients
Rated 0–4 each. The bad ones cost up to 40 points, and they stack.
Processing Level
NOVA 1–4. Ultra-processed loses 10 points.
Lab Results
A measured contaminant is priced against its legal limit — up to 50 points.
Packaging
Risky food-contact material costs up to 8 points.
Organic Bonus
+5, and the only bonus. Nothing else buys points back.
The fine print, up front
Poor
0–40
Okay
41–69
Clean
70–100
FAQ
Questions, answered straight.
The barcode scanner and the 0–100 score with a line-by-line breakdown, every ingredient rated and colored, NOVA classification, lab reports on tested products, packaging scoring, Healthier Swaps, Kid-Safe Mode, Your Standards, nutrition facts, your Pantry Score, saved products and history, search, and the restaurant map.
Lab-tested products just shipped, and Tallow is now live on Android too. Next: broader lab coverage, then the web app. Join the waitlist and we'll email you when it lands.
Setting the inflammation debate aside, Tallow flags them because they're the clearest signal of careful sourcing — products and kitchens that skip seed oils almost always skip the additives and packaging Tallow penalizes too.
Yuka averages its ingredient signal, so harmless ingredients can dilute a genuinely bad one. Tallow stacks penalties instead — one worst-tier ingredient costs 40 points and drags the product into Poor regardless. Tallow also shows lab results, scores restaurants, and judges products against standards you pick.
Every product starts at 100. Each ingredient is rated 0–4: the worst tier costs 40 points, the next 10, mild ones 3 — penalties stack, the first ingredient weighs 1.3×, and the ingredient total caps at −85. A lab-measured contaminant is priced against its legal limit instead, up to −50. NOVA 4 loses 10, risky packaging up to 8, and certified organic earns the only bonus, +5. Kid-Safe Mode subtracts 5 from anything never lab tested. Full math at tallow.app/how-we-score.
The standard food-classification system used in nutrition research. Group 1 is unprocessed, 2 is culinary ingredients like oil and butter, 3 is processed foods like bread and cheese, and 4 is ultra-processed. Tallow shows the group on every product.
A restaurant has no barcode, so the map runs on structured community ratings. People answer the same short questions about seed oils, additives, plastics, and premade food — and better evidence counts for more, so a public statement from the kitchen outweighs a hunch. Reviews are moderated, and a place with no ratings shows as Unrated rather than guessed at.
Yes, on the products that have them. Where a lab has measured lead, cadmium, glyphosate or bromate, Tallow shows the reading against its legal limit and links the report. Most products have never been tested by anyone — Tallow labels those unmeasured rather than clean, because “nobody looked” is not the same as “not detected”.
Yes. Pick from seven — artificial ingredients, ultra-processed, seed oils, high sugar, high carbs, risky packaging, hidden contaminants — and you get a thumbs up or down next to the number. One strike: fail one and it's a no for you, whatever it scored. Missing data reads unknown rather than quietly passing.
Free to download, and scanning a product for its score is free. Premium ($19.99/year, auto-renewing, with a free trial in-app) unlocks the full ingredient breakdown, Healthier Swaps, nutrition facts, and search. The restaurant map is free.
The Premium subscription on the scanner. We will never accept payment from the brands or restaurants we rate.
Not yet — Tallow is live on iPhone and Android today. The web app is in beta; join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment it's ready.
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Free on iPhone and Android. Web is in beta.