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Pillar guides on how Ingredo.app scores food and cosmetics, and how to read a label for your own conditions and diet.

• Which E-numbers should you actually avoid?

  2026-07-28 — Most "E-numbers to avoid" lists are guesswork. Here is the short list that carries a real EU restriction, ban or mandatory warning — and why the rest of the alphabet soup doesn't.

• Lactose intolerance vs milk allergy: what the label really tells you

  2026-07-15 — They get lumped together, but one is a digestive issue with a sugar and the other an immune reaction to a protein — which changes which words on a label matter and how strict you must be.

• Decoding E-numbers: which food additives actually matter

  2026-07-14 — An E-number isn't a red flag by itself. Here's what the code means, which additives carry a real EU warning or restriction, and which sound alarming but are benign.

• Reading a cosmetics label for fragrance allergens

  2026-01-22 — "Parfum" on an ingredient list can hide dozens of individual allergens. Here's how the EU Annex III fragrance allergen list works, and how Ingredo.app flags it for a fragrance-allergy profile.

• How Ingredo.app scores a product — and why your score can differ from a friend's

  2026-01-15 — A behind-the-scenes look at the two-stage Ingredo.app score: a transparent, source-cited base score, then a personal verdict layered on top from your own condition and diet profile.