Bud doesn't just rate products. It explains them.
Every Truth Report is a full evidence dossier - label data, allergen mapping, manufacturing disclosures, and ingredient-level analysis, assembled into a document your pantry can actually use.
Over 1,200 reports published · Updated as labels change
Why This Exists
The information you need is already on the package. It's just not organized for you.
Food shopping with allergies or dietary restrictions isn't a knowledge problem - it's a presentation problem. The data exists. It's buried. Truth Reports surface it.
The label is buried.
Marketing copy occupies roughly 90% of visible packaging space. The ingredient list - the only part that legally matters - is printed small, on the back, after everything designed to make you buy. Bud inverts that hierarchy.
Reviews are noisy.
A 4.8-star rating tells you how something tastes. It doesn't tell you whether the facility was recertified last quarter, whether the formulation changed, or whether a "dairy-free" claim holds at the manufacturing level. Stars are not safety data.
Tradeoffs aren't obvious.
A brand swaps an ingredient to reduce cost. The product looks identical on shelf. The allergy risk profile changes entirely. These substitutions happen without fanfare. Truth Reports catch them - because they read the label, not the brand's communication.
What's Inside
Four layers. One complete picture.
A Truth Report isn't a summary. It's a structured intelligence document - built from the label up, not from the brand down. Each layer adds a dimension most product ratings never consider.
Label Evidence
Bud’s on-device OCR reads the full label - ingredients, allergen declarations, advisory warnings, and manufacturing disclosures. Nothing is paraphrased or inferred. The source text is preserved and cited.
Profile Match
Every piece of label evidence is cross-referenced against your allergy profile, dietary requirements, and flagged ingredients. The verdict - Compatible, Caution, or Avoid - is specific to you. A report that says Compatible for one person may say Avoid for another.
Crowd Logic
Bud aggregates anonymized scan and verdict data from users with similar profiles. If 94% of users with your allergy stack rated a product Avoid, that signal is surfaced - transparently, with the profile distribution shown. You’re never flying blind.
Smart Swaps
For every Caution or Avoid verdict, Bud identifies alternatives that resolve the specific conflict - not just “similar products.” If the issue is a shared peanut facility, the swap will be sourced from a dedicated nut-free facility. The fix matches the problem.
Sample Report
What a Truth Report actually looks like.
This is a real analysis - not a mockup. Every field reflects a genuine label scan and profile match.
Kirkland Signature Protein Bar
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Label Evidence
"Contains: Milk, Soy. May contain peanuts, tree nuts, wheat."
Source: Rear label, allergen declaration block, batch scan April 2026
Profile Match
- Dairy conflict: Contains milk - direct declaration
- Soy conflict: Contains soy - direct declaration
- Tree nut advisory: May contain tree nuts - precautionary language, not a confirmed presence
Crowd Logic
78% of users with a Dairy-Free + Soy-Free profile rated this product Avoid. Remaining 22% carry either a Dairy-Free or Soy-Free requirement - not both.
Smart Swap
RXBar Chocolate Sea Salt
No dairy, no soy, dedicated allergen-free facility confirmed.
This report was generated from an OCR scan of physical packaging. Formulations change. Re-scan when packaging changes.
The Distinction
A review tells you how something tastes. A Truth Report tells you what's actually in it.
Reviews are useful. They tell you about texture, value, and whether the flavour lives up to the name on the front. They are not designed to tell you about allergen cross-contact risk, ingredient substitutions, or manufacturing disclosures. Truth Reports are designed to do exactly that - and nothing else. We are not in the review business. We are in the clarity business.
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