Reading Japanese food labels

ウラヨミ (Urayomi — “reading the back”) is a Japanese site that reads the ingredient list on the back of food and household products, one ingredient at a time. We list facts from Japanese law, public agencies and published research, and compare them with stricter overseas rules such as the EU's. We do not rate products or ingredients as good or bad.

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