Health & Safety Disclaimer

Effective June 11, 2026

If you live with a severe or life-threatening allergy, always read the physical package before eating. Manufacturers change formulations and packaging without notice, and no database — ours included — is a substitute for the label in your hand.

WhittleCart is a planning tool, not medical advice

WhittleCart helps you find, plan, and shop for foods that match dietary restrictions you choose. It is a general-wellness tool. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and nothing on this site or in the app is medical, nutritional, or dietetic advice. Decisions about how to manage a medical condition — celiac disease, food allergies, alpha-gal syndrome, diabetes, or anything else — belong with you and your physician or registered dietitian.

Where our product verdicts come from

Verdicts are computed from publicly available product label data, primarily the USDA's branded food database, using documented, auditable rules.
Every product gets one of three verdicts per diet: fits, doesn't fit, or uncertain. When the label text isn't enough to be sure, we say uncertain — nothing is ever silently marked safe.
Label data can be outdated or incomplete at the source. A product reformulated last month may not be reflected yet. This is the fundamental reason the callout above exists.
Verdicts are never influenced by money. No brand can pay to look safe, and no sponsored placement exists inside filtered results. (See also our Affiliate Disclosure — commissions never touch verdicts.)

Meal plans and calorie estimates

The meal planner's calorie and macro targets are general-wellness estimates based on standard published formulas. They are starting points for healthy adults, not prescriptions. If you have a medical condition affected by diet, are pregnant or nursing, or are planning significant weight change, consult a qualified professional before following any plan.

Religious certification (kosher & halal)

Label text alone cannot establish kosher or halal compliance — that requires certification of ingredients and process. WhittleCart's kosher-check and halal-check filters only flag products that obviously fail; they never declare a product compliant. Rely on certification marks and your certifying authority.

Your responsibility

By using WhittleCart you accept that final responsibility for what you purchase and eat remains yours. We work hard to be the most honest filter available — including telling you when we don't know — but we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of third-party label data.

Questions about how a specific verdict was reached? Email hello@whittlecart.com — every verdict is traceable to the rule and label text that produced it.