Alimentação e nutrição, escritos com honestidade

Aspartame is one of the most-studied ingredients on the planet — and one of the most argued-about. Here's what EFSA, JECFA and the IARC actually concluded, what the numbers mean, and how to see it on your own labels.

One score can't answer every question about a food. Here's what Nutri-Score, NOVA and an environmental score each measure — and why you need all three to judge a product honestly.

Food scanner apps are not created equal. Before you trust one to score your groceries, here are the six questions that separate a genuinely useful tool from a data-harvesting one.

Some claims on food packaging are legally defined and audited. Others are pure marketing. Here's how to tell which is which under EU law — and where the wiggle room hides.

MSG has one of the worst reputations of any food ingredient — most of it built on a single 1968 letter, not evidence. Here's what EFSA and controlled studies actually found about E621.

The curing salt behind ham, bacon and salami does a real job — and carries a real, well-documented concern. Here's what EFSA and the IARC concluded about E250 and processed meat.

Tartrazine is the bright-yellow dye in sweets, drinks and sauces — and one of six colours that must carry a specific warning on EU labels. Here's what that warning means and what EFSA concluded.

Moving from MyFitnessPal, Cronometer, Lifesum or an AI calorie app? Here's what stays the same, what's new, and how to get set up in a couple of minutes — no habits lost.

Forkin exists because the food system is the largest single lever on human and planetary health — and the information people need to make good food choices shouldn't be locked behind ads, paywalls, or fine print.

The internet runs on electricity. Most of that electricity is still fossil-fueled. Here's why Forkin selects core providers with renewable contracts or low-carbon grids, what 'green hosting' really means, and how we publish a carbon ledger against a stated baseline — without claiming to be carbon-neutral.

Many food and nutrition apps rely on US-headquartered infrastructure. Forkin keeps core app data on European infrastructure and publishes the processor list so you can inspect the trade-offs.