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What Does “Ultra-Processed” Really Mean? Why WISEcode Is Inviting the Industry to Help Define It

If you ask five nutritionists what makes a food “ultra-processed,” you’ll get five different answers. This confusion isn’t just a semantic issue. It directly impacts consumer trust, brand transparency, and even public health. Right now, the health and wellness industries rely on fuzzy definitions while marketers, regulators, and consumers struggle to keep up. As SVP […]

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Pumpkin Pie Showdown: Ingredient, Nutrition, and Health Rankings

Pumpkin pie isn’t just dessert, it’s arguably the heart and soul of the Thanksgiving table. Its rich, spicy aroma signals the start of fall feasting and bonds generations in a tradition deeply rooted in American culture. Along with this delicious slice of nostalgia, more people now crave transparency and demand to know what’s really inside […]

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SVP Blog: If Ultra-Processed Is So Bad, Why Isn’t It On the Box?

We’ve all heard the same, general advice: avoid ultra-processed food. It’s everywhere. Podcasts. Blogs. Doctors. Influencers. The message is loud and clear; if you want to eat healthy, step one is cutting out the ultra-processed stuff. Sounds great. Until you actually try to do it. You get to the store. You pick up a box […]

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Coding Food Truth at Scale

At WISEcode, our mission is to turn the chaos of food data into clarity. Behind every Code™ we publish is a technical foundation built for scale, transparency, and reproducibility. Why Codes Matter Food data is massive, messy, and often contradictory. We’ve unified 730,000+ foods and more than 10 billion data points into a single ontology. […]

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