Notes on reading a food label, what the numbers on a pack actually mean, and how the Filtizy score is built.
LatestA Filtizy score is not an opinion. It is arithmetic over the numbers printed on the pack - and you can check every step of it.
Every Filtizy score comes from a fixed list of factors, each with a published weight. Here is the full food profile, how a missing value is handled, and how to read a score of 72 without over-reading it.
Read the postWhat added sugar means on an Indian label, how it differs from total sugar, the fourteen names it hides behind, and a category-by-category table of where the daily budget actually goes.
Per 100 g versus per serve, added sugar versus total sugar, sodium versus salt, and the ingredients line that tells you more than the whole panel. A practical reading order for Indian packaged food.
How to build a genuinely effective routine on a small budget in India - what to spend on, what to buy cheap, what to skip entirely, and how to upgrade one step at a time.
What Filtizy publishes about its scoring, how affiliate links affect ranking (they do not), the data we cannot verify, and the exact way to report a product whose numbers are wrong.
What melatonin does and the dose that works, the evidence for magnesium and other sleep ingredients, when sleep trouble needs a doctor, and the habits that outperform the whole aisle.
What ultra-processed actually means, why ICMR-NIN flags it, how it maps onto Indian foods from idli batter to namkeen, and a practical rule for shopping without turning every meal into a research project.
What to check on a listing before ordering clothes online, how to read a return policy properly, what to do at delivery, and how to make a return that does not get rejected.
Keratosis pilaris, body acne, dry shins and cracked heels - what causes each, which of urea, lactic acid and salicylic acid to use, and how to actually stay consistent below the neck.
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