Product and ingredient evidence
Barcode, ingredient and label data may come from open product records. Records can be incomplete, user-contributed, stale or mismatched, so the current package remains authoritative.
Trust through limits
Methodology and limitations
CORIA combines product records, label evidence, deterministic checks and AI-assisted interpretation. The quality of a result cannot exceed the quality and freshness of the evidence available for that product.
AI-assisted interpretation
AI may help structure and explain evidence. It must not invent missing ingredients, prove allergen absence or override deterministic safety rules.
Environmental and ethical signals
These results can rely on category-level factors, estimates or incomplete ownership data. They are decision-support signals, not audited product certifications.
Freshness and personalization
Locale, account tier and safety-relevant preferences can change the result. Cached or older evidence must not be treated as current without validation.
Evidence before certainty
Sources are shown when they are available
CORIA may combine open product data with environmental reference data. A source can be missing, stale or incomplete, so no source card is a guarantee about a specific product.
Open data
Open Food Facts
Open product, ingredient and label data used for product identification and evidence where records exist.
world.openfoodfacts.orgLifecycle data
AGRIBALYSE
Lifecycle reference data that may support environmental estimates for matched product categories.
data.ademe.frNot every result uses every source. Missing evidence must remain unknown or unavailable.
See how evidence and limitations are handledHow to read a result
CORIA should distinguish evidence from uncertainty. During beta, some product surfaces are still being aligned to this contract.
Evidence supports the result
The available record contains evidence relevant to the displayed conclusion. This is not the same as a guarantee.
Caution or possible conflict
The evidence contains a relevant warning, possible conflict or may-contain statement.
Unknown or unavailable
The evidence is missing, incomplete, stale or cannot establish the conclusion. Unknown must never be read as safe or zero.
Current limitations
- Product coverage and ingredient completeness vary by country and source.
- Cross-contamination statements may be absent even when ingredients are listed.
- Vegan and allergen evidence may require manual label verification.
- Environmental values may be estimates, category proxies or unavailable.
- Ethical and ownership information can change and may be incomplete.
- Network, cache and upstream-service conditions can affect freshness and availability.
For allergies, celiac disease or other health-critical decisions, always read the current package label and follow professional medical guidance.
Closed beta means features, wording and limits may change as validation continues. A successful scan or app build is not a certification of every product journey.