Your review nails it. Yuka acts like an ingredient cop, not a coach. It spotlights sugar, salt, additives. Data sometimes lags reformulations, the label wins.
Simpler path:
- Use a 3-number rule. Per 100 g: sugar under 5 g for savory, under 10 g for breakfast foods. Sodium under 350 mg per serving. Ingredints under 8.
- Auto avoid list: titanium dioxide, BHA, BHT, parabens, oxybenzone.
- Build a 15-item whitelist of staples. Shop from it.
- Recheck when the lable changes.
- For skincare, pick fragrance free, mineral sunscreens.
Keep notes with go to SKUs and prices.