01 Additive tracker · UK

The UK additive tracker for what your week actually contains.

Every barcode you scan adds its additives to your diary. Over a fortnight the picture sharpens: which E-numbers keep showing up, which weeks drift up, which days drift down. The trend you can't see meal by meal.

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02 What the additive tracker actually does

Six views,
one diary.

We don't show a single grade and call it a day. Once you've been logging for a couple of weeks, the diary aggregates: recurring additives, processed-food drift over the week, which shops fill the trolley with what.

i

Recurring additives, ranked.

The E-numbers that keep showing up across your fortnight. So you can see whether it's three packs or thirty.

E150d caramel 12×
E471 emulsifier
E250 nitrite
ii

Processed-food drift, week by week.

What share of your week is whole and minimally processed, what share is Group 4. So you can see if you're drifting up or down.

192 OF 260 LOGGED · 74% G1-3 Trend the last 28 days Up 4 percentage points from last month.
iii

Suspected triggers from your reactions.

On Pro, the analysis looks across the additives in your diary and the reactions you logged after meals. Surfaces candidates you can take to your GP. Not a diagnosis.

iv

Watchlist count, over the month.

How often the Southampton Six, the processed-meat nitrites, and the IARC-flagged colours show up in what you ate. So you can decide what to swap.

v

Per shop. Per meal type.

Sliceable by supermarket and by meal. Which shop fills the trolley with the most emulsifiers. Which meal is the processed-food spike. Plain numbers.

vi

Source on every flag. Always.

Every additive we flag links to its library entry, with the FSA, EFSA, IARC or NHS citation on that flag. So the trend is auditable.

03 The numbers behind the tracker

What the diary
actually adds up.

The library size, the watchlists we count against, and the regulators we cite when we flag something.

Additives counted
480+

Every E-number we recognise on a UK packet. Each one tagged by category and watchlist membership.

Recommended tracking window
2-4 wks

Single days are noisy. A fortnight of consistent logging surfaces the additives that recur, the days that drift.

Free daily food logs
25

The free tier covers up to 25 food log entries a day, every additive listed per entry. NutraSafe Pro lifts the cap.

Sources on every flag
Cited

FSA, EFSA, NHS, WHO, IARC. So the count adds up to something you can take to your GP.

04 Questions people ask

Frequently
asked.

Five questions we get most about the tracker. Short answers, sources cited.

Can I track which additives I eat over weeks and months?

Yes. Every barcode you scan into your NutraSafe diary stores the additive list alongside the entry. After two to four weeks of consistent logging the diary surfaces which additives are recurring most often, and how that has drifted week to week.

How long do I need to track before patterns appear?

Most people need two to four weeks of consistent logging before recurring additives become obvious. Single days are noisy. Aggregating across a fortnight smooths out one-off meals and surfaces the lines that show up over and over.

Can the app correlate additives with reactions I have?

On NutraSafe Pro, the suspected-triggers analysis looks across your reaction log and the additives in your diary and surfaces candidates. This is correlation, not diagnosis. Take the picture to your GP or dietitian.

What's in the free version versus NutraSafe Pro?

Free: up to 25 diary logs a day with the full additive list per entry, barcode scanning with a per-product grade, up to 5 reactions, and the public E-number library. NutraSafe Pro at £3.99/month or £34.99/year adds unlimited logging, unlimited reactions, suspected-triggers analysis, the AI Coach, the AI meal scanner, the workout tracker and the fasting timer.

Does the app tell me an additive is safe?

No. We surface what each additive is, what the FSA flags, what IARC has classified, and what published research says. The reader decides what to do with that. If anything in the picture worries you, take it to your GP.

Log a fortnight of shopping.
We tell you which E-numbers
keep showing up in your week.

Get NutraSafe on the App Store

Free download covers up to 25 food logs a day with the full additive list per entry. Pro is £3.99 a month or £34.99 a year on iOS for unlimited logs, suspected triggers, AI Coach, workouts and fasting.

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