About this site
Sources and Review Method
How a page is made
- Source baseline. A research pass collects current guidance from public sources (for example USDA, FDA, CDC, FoodSafety.gov and HealthyChildren.org) and records which pages were actually opened and read, and on what date.
- Drafting. Pages are drafted against that baseline and a written style guide (no food shaming, no weight talk, no medical advice, safety notes for any food activity).
- Independent fact-check. A separate AI review pass, which did not write the page, checks each factual claim against the cited sources and flags anything unsupported, outdated or overstated. If a source couldn't be opened during checking, it is marked as not re-checked in our records and the page avoids relying on it for anything important.
- Independent safety and usability review. Another separate AI pass checks age guidance, choking and allergy risks, kitchen safety, inclusiveness and whether an adult could actually run the activity as written.
- Corrections and decision. Problems are fixed and re-checked. Pages that cannot be resolved, or that would need specialist medical, allergy or dietetic judgement, are held back and not published.
What the labels mean
- AI_VERIFIED
- Passed the AI fact-check and AI safety review described above. This is the only status used on published pages.
- NEEDS_SPECIALIST_REVIEW
- Held back: needs review by a qualified professional before publication.
- UNVERIFIED
- Draft only; never published.
Limits you should know about
- AI checking reduces errors but does not replace review by a registered dietitian, pediatrician, allergist or teacher. No page on this site has had human professional review.
- Guidance changes. Each page shows when its sources were last checked.
- Linked sources are outside our control and may move or change.
Found an error? Please see Corrections.