Editorial Standards

Nutrition facts, serving sizes and menu identity are checked against the best available source before they support a factual claim. Official restaurant and government sources take priority. We distinguish recorded facts, mathematical calculations, editorial interpretation and community experience.

Missing nutrients are not silently treated as zero. We do not claim that a score predicts symptoms, weight loss or a medical outcome. When a serving identity or source is unresolved, we describe the limitation instead of inventing a value.

Health-related explanations should cite appropriate primary research, clinical guidance or authoritative public-health sources. A citation supports the specific statement beside it; it does not constitute endorsement of GLP Food Score or validation of the scoring formula.

Restaurant relationships, advertising and outreach do not change nutrition values, score weights or rankings. Formula changes must be versioned and explained on the scoring methodology page.

Material factual errors are corrected rather than quietly defended. Restaurant nutrition changes are reconciled in controlled batches, and the nutrition verification date is kept separate from the website build date. See the corrections policy.

Automation may assist with classification, comparison and drafting, but published facts remain subject to source and quality checks. We do not use generated prose to conceal missing evidence or inflate pages that do not provide distinct user value.