Clean Food Score

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Grass-fed and organic describe the cows, not what else is in the scoop. We read real protein powder labels: sucralose vs stevia, gums, proprietary blends, what NSF-style seals cover, and what the 2025 lead headlines did and didn't say.

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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Naked Nutrition Naked Whey, Unflavored — 75/100
• Promix Whey Protein Powder, Unflavored — 75/100
• Once Again Pure Peanut Protein Powder — 60/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:44 Whey in One Minute
1:27 What Grass-Fed Means
2:06 What Organic Means
2:49 How Our Score Counts It
3:23 Sweeteners
4:12 Gums and Thickeners
4:44 Proprietary Blends
5:22 Testing and Heavy Metals
6:48 Real Labels
7:47 Your Label Checklist
8:22 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#proteinpowder #whey #foodlabels

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Potassium bromate, azodicarbonamide, titanium dioxide and propylparaben are legal in US food but not in the EU. We check each one's real status as of October 2026 (BVO is now banned in the US too), skip the exaggeration, and show how to spot them on a label.

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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Original Sprouted Whole Grain Bread — 100/100
• Dave's Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains and Seeds — 100/100
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:48 Why the Rules Differ
1:49 Potassium Bromate
2:39 Azodicarbonamide
3:35 Titanium Dioxide
4:36 B V O
5:14 Propylparaben
5:53 The Rules Flow Both Ways
6:29 How to Spot Them
7:11 Clean Picks
7:59 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#foodadditives #titaniumdioxide #foodlabels

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Red 40 hides under seven names. Here they are, plus the easy swap.

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Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#shorts #red40 #foodlabels

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

BHA, BHT, TBHQ and sodium benzoate keep food on the shelf for months. We explain what each one does, where they hide (cereal liners, bread, soda), what the research and the FDA's new reviews say as of October 2026, and how to spot them in ten seconds.

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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 Two Jobs, Two Teams
1:25 B H A and B H T
2:18 T B H Q
2:58 Sodium Benzoate and the Vitamin C Note
3:57 Bread's Preservative
4:46 What the Research Says
5:40 Where the Rules Stand
6:37 The Ten-Second Label Check
7:21 Labels Without Them
8:07 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#bht #preservatives #foodlabels

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Beef tallow is rendered beef fat: great for frying, with a smoke point around 400–420°F. But some tallow on the shelf is blended with soybean oil or preserved with BHA and BHT. We cover uses, storage, the saturated fat question, blends and sprays, grass-fed vs Wagyu, and real jars with their Clean Food Score label scores (as of October 2026).

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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:41 What Tallow Is
1:24 How People Use It
1:59 Smoke Point and Storage
2:43 The Saturated Fat Question
3:39 Pure Tallow Versus Blends
4:22 Preservatives in Bulk Tallow
5:10 Sprays and Flavored Tallow
5:53 Grass-Fed, Grass-Finished and Wagyu
6:39 Real Jars, Real Scores
7:26 Comparing Price
8:04 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#beeftallow #tallow #foodlabels

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Rao's Marinara has eight ingredients and no sugar or seed oil, so why doesn't it score 100? We read pasta sauce labels line by line: added sugar, seed oils vs olive oil, citric acid, natural flavor, and the cleanest jars we've scored (as of October 2026).

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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:47 Rao's, Line by Line
1:30 Added Sugar
2:32 Seed Oils Versus Olive Oil
3:31 Citric Acid and Calcium Chloride
4:13 Natural Flavor and Yeast Extract
5:04 How the Score Works
5:43 How to Read a Sauce Label
6:29 The Ranked Picks
7:25 Or Make Your Own
8:07 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#raos #pastasauce #foodlabels

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Kerrygold says its cows eat a mostly grass diet, but in the US grass-fed butter has no federal definition. We cover what real butter is made of, how spreads sneak in oils, the seals that set real grass-fed rules (American Grassfed, PCO), organic vs grass-fed, and real butters with their Clean Food Score label scores (as of October 2026).

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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:46 What Real Butter Is
1:30 Butter, Blends and Spreads
2:14 What Grass-Fed Means for Dairy
2:56 Seals That Set Real Rules
3:48 Is Kerrygold Really Grass-Fed?
4:43 Organic Versus Grass-Fed
5:26 Does Grass-Fed Butter Taste Different?
6:12 How Our Score Treats Butter
6:46 Real Butters, Real Scores
7:36 A Ten-Second Butter Check
8:15 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#grassfedbutter #kerrygold #foodlabels

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Chick-fil-A cooks its chicken in fully refined peanut oil, but the classic chicken sandwich's ingredient statement lists soybean oil three times. We read the label, explain whether peanut oil counts as a seed oil, cover the fries (as of October 2026) and show how to check any fast food order yourself.

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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:38 Peanut Oil in the Fryer
1:25 Is Peanut Oil a Seed Oil?
2:15 Why People Avoid Seed Oils
2:51 Reading the Sandwich Label
3:25 The Bun and the Butter
3:54 How the Sandwich Scores
4:28 Fries and the Rest of the Menu
5:14 Other Chains
6:07 How to Check Any Chain
7:12 Seed-Oil-Free at Home
7:56 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#seedoils #chickfila #foodlabels

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Most frozen chicken nuggets are par-fried in canola, soybean or sunflower oil before they're frozen. We show where the oil hides on the box, the difference between "fried in" and "contains", what brands like Real Good Foods say, what our catalog shows as of October 2026, and an easy air fryer method.

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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:44 Why Nuggets List a Seed Oil
1:24 Where the Oil Hides
2:30 Fried In Versus Contains
3:19 Real Good Foods and No Seed Oil Brands
4:10 What Our Catalog Shows
4:57 The Fries on the Side
5:29 Fast Food Is Separate
5:55 Make Them at Home
7:00 Your Nugget Label Checklist
7:33 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#seedoilfree #chickennuggets #foodlabels

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Yes, chips without seed oils exist. We flip real bags to find chips, crackers, popcorn and bars cooked in avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil or beef tallow, explain the "and/or" label trick, and give you a five-point checklist for the snack aisle.

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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:40 What Seed Oil Free Means
1:22 Why Chips Are the Hard Part
2:02 Oils That Pass
2:56 The And Or Trick
3:35 Chips That Pass
4:29 Check Every Flavor
5:16 Crackers Without Seed Oils
6:10 Popcorn and Snack Bars
6:52 Your Snack Aisle Checklist
7:40 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#seedoilfree #noseedoils #foodlabels