NutriScrolls

About NutriScrolls

Who builds NutriScrolls, how each page is researched, checked and reviewed, and how to report a mistake.

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Editorial policy · How we use data

NutriScrolls shows what is in a food and what the research says about it. Every number links to its source, and every study links to PubMed, so you can check it yourself.

Who is behind NutriScrolls

I am Gerritjan Boeve, a health enthusiast from the Netherlands. NutriScrolls started as my idea: one place where you can look up a food, see its nutrients, and read what the studies actually found, with nothing you have to take on trust.

For a long time it stayed an idea. Building a site like this takes a lot of reading, checking and writing, and I did not have the time to finish it. AI changed that. With its help I was finally able to build NutriScrolls the way I had pictured it.

NutriScrolls carries no ads, no sponsors and no affiliate links, so no company has a say in what it shows.

How a page is made

  1. The numbers. Nutrient values come from named food composition databases, mostly USDA FoodData Central. Daily values and reference intakes come from the FDA, the EU, the NIH and EFSA. The How we use data page lists every source.
  2. The research. Claude, an AI by Anthropic, searches PubMed and writes the page from published studies. Pages written this way say so at the top.
  3. The checks. Every PubMed ID is checked against PubMed before a page goes live, and the numbers on each study card are checked against the study’s abstract.
  4. The evidence label. Every health benefit gets a label, from Strong to Lab only, so you can see how much weight it can carry. How we rate evidence explains the labels.
  5. The human review. I review pages myself, one by one. A page I have reviewed shows “Reviewed by Gerritjan Boeve” and the date of the review at the top. A review is a careful check against the sources, not a medical review. The editorial policy explains what it covers.

Found a mistake?

I check pages carefully, but I can miss things. If you spot something that is not true, or a number that does not match its source, please email me at [email protected]. Tell me which page it is and what you found. I check every report against the source. The contact page lists what helps me check it quickly.

Not medical advice

NutriScrolls is for general information. It is not medical advice. Talk to a doctor or registered dietitian about your own diet, especially before you take supplements. The medical disclaimer explains more.