Concern topics
Ingredients our method links to a concern — grouped by topic.
Concern hubs collect the ingredients NordicScan's published method links to a given topic, with the reasons behind each flag. Everything here is at the ingredient and category level — never named brands, and never a safety verdict.
Building in the open
Concern hubs publish through August 2026 alongside the ingredient library. Each hub is assembled from the same per-ingredient evidence, so a source update propagates to every topic that depends on it.
Topics
Concern hubs
A first set of topics the library is organised around. As each hub publishes, its topic below becomes a link to the full evidence page.
This topic collects ingredient-level rows our method links to recognised authority classifications, genotoxicity notes, or hazard-list signals.
9 ingredient cards · evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08
DigestiveThis topic collects ingredient-level rows our method links to digestion-route effects, labelling statements, or route reasons.
4 ingredient cards · evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08
Endocrine-activeThis topic collects ingredient-level rows our method links to the body-system activity covered by the linked method category.
2 ingredient cards · evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08
MetabolicThis topic collects ingredient-level rows our method links to sugar, sweetener, glucose, lipid, weight, or ultra-processing signals.
6 ingredient cards · evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08
Neurological & behaviouralThis topic collects ingredient-level rows our method links to attention, activity, stimulant, or nervous-system signals.
3 ingredient cards · evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08
Nutrition & positivesThis topic collects ingredient-level rows our method links to composition facts and positive ingredient signals.
6 ingredient cards · evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08
Skin (dermal)This topic collects ingredient-level rows our method links to skin-contact, dermal-use, irritation, barrier, or cosmetic-route signals.
24 ingredient cards · evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08
Withheld by the honest-emptiness rule: Allergens & sensitivities (1), Cardiovascular (0).
Evidence snapshot geo-wave1-evidence-snapshot-2026-07-08 · Reviewed 2026-07-08 · Scoring engine det_v3.
How concern hubs work
Ingredient-level, evidence-led, never a brand call-out.
A hub gathers the ingredients our method associates with a topic — it is not a verdict on any product.
Each linked ingredient carries the reasons and signals behind its flag, and the sources the method relied on.
Concern topics stay at the ingredient and category level — we don't call out or rank individual products.
Do your own research
Bring a topic to the shelf.
Pick the concerns that matter to you as watchlists, then scan a product to see how its ingredient information lines up — the app does the matching on every scan.