About this site.

Most packaged foods in India sell themselves with claims on the front of the pack. The honest story is on the back, in the ingredient list.

Food Pharmer has spent years showing what is really inside those packs. This site is a growing list of products that pass our rules. You can buy them without having to read the label every time.

Who is behind this

Food Pharmer, plus a team of nutrition experts and researchers.

Every product on this site is reviewed by Food Pharmer (@foodpharmer), plus a team of nutrition experts and researchers. We read the label, run our rules, and in a few cases, we send products for lab-testing. Nothing goes on this list until the team has vetted the products and Food Pharmer has personally reviewed them too.

What we don’t do

No money, no pitches, no shortcuts.

We don’t take money, free product, or any other consideration from brands in exchange for being on this list.
We don’t approve products from brands that compete with our own brand, Only What’s Needed.
We don’t approve a product just because the brand asked us to.
We don’t approve a pack just because it looks clean on the front — we check the ingredient list and the nutrition panel every time.

Want to know how we decide? Read our method.

FAQs

The questions we get most often. Short, blunt answers.

Do you have to pay a fee to be on this list?

No. We do not take money, free product, or any other consideration from brands in exchange for being on this list. In fact, everything on this list is something Food Pharmer hand-picked. If brands come and pitch to be on this list, they still have to meet every criterion outlined on our method page.

How do I know I can trust this?

Two reasons:

Every product links to the brand’s own page where we read the label, so you can verify it yourself.
Wherever we did a lab test, the actual test results are attached to the product page as a PDF.

Why isn't my favourite brand here?

There could be a few reasons. Either the product didn’t meet our criteria, or the team hasn’t checked it yet — email us at betterforyou@foodpharmer.net or DM us on Instagram if you have product suggestions. Or the product is in a category that competes with Food Pharmer’s Only What’s Needed initiative, which is a conflict of interest, so we leave those out.

What is the difference between 'lab tested' and 'label reviewed'?

Label reviewed means we read the ingredient list off the pack. Lab tested means we also paid a certified lab to run tests on the product — lab tests catch things the label can hide. But lab tests are also very expensive, which is why at this time we are unable to lab test every category.

How often do you recheck labels to ensure they didn't change?

Food companies update formulations and nutrition labels even when the front of the pack still looks the same. So we re-check listings every six months. If a formulation change means a product no longer meets our criteria, we mark it as “Retracted” and remove it from the site.

I bought a product that's listed on your site but the ingredients look different. Why?

Email us at betterforyou@foodpharmer.net or DM us on Instagram and let us know right away. Our team will look into it and update the product page as needed.

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