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Cross-Jurisdiction Intelligence

Is your food, supplement, or cosmetic formula FDA-compliant?

Instantly check 9731+ ingredients against FDA MoCRA, EAFUS, GRAS, Prop 65, EU E-numbers, and NIH safety thresholds. Know what's prohibited, restricted, or flagged — before you sell food, supplements, or cosmetics in the U.S. or EU.

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Compliance Report 4 issues found
Glycerin — GRAS Approved
Titanium Dioxide — Prop 65 Listed (cancer)
Ephedrine — Supplement Advisory ⚠
Vitamin A — NIH UL: 3,000 μg/day
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Three steps to compliance

No forms. No waiting. Paste your ingredient list and get an instant report.

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Paste Ingredients

Copy your formula's ingredient list — comma-separated, one per line, or raw text. Our parser handles messy exports from any lab or supplier.

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Get Instant Results

Every ingredient is matched against FDA MoCRA, EAFUS, GRAS, Prop 65, and EU E-number databases. See status, restrictions, and required actions in under a second.

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Export & Ship

Download a PDF compliance report for your records or regulators. Upgrade for bulk Excel/PDF uploads and more checks.

Everything you need to screen your formula

Built for cosmetic, food, and supplement manufacturers, formulators, and regulatory consultants selling in the U.S. and EU.

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Cross-Jurisdiction Intelligence

See US, EU, Japan, and Korea regulatory status side-by-side — across cosmetics, food, and supplements. Know if your ingredient is GRAS in the US but a Novel Food in the EU, or a cosmetic in one market but a drug in another.

Instant Batch Checks

Paste 50+ ingredients at once. Fuzzy matching catches spelling variations and common aliases.

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Separate by Product Category

Paid subscribers can isolate cosmetics, food, or supplement checks. Formulators don't need cross-category noise; you see only what applies to your product type.

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Exportable Reports

Generate branded PDF compliance reports with your logo for regulators, clients, or internal QA.

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Live Regulation Updates

Database updated from FDA sources. Stay informed when regulations change.

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Real CFR Citations & Warning Letters

Every result includes exact 21 CFR sections, actual FDA Warning Letter references, and combination restrictions — cited directly from official sources, not generated text.

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Regulatory Boundary Alerts

Get warned when an ingredient crosses from cosmetic to OTC drug, food additive to supplement, or GRAS to prohibited — by jurisdiction. Avoid misclassification before it hits your label.

New — Food & Supplement Vertical

FDA sends 100+ supplement
warning letters every year.
Is your formula on the list?

Supplements are FDA's #1 enforcement target. Mislabeled ingredients, banned substances, illegal disease claims — we catch all three before they catch you.

Where AI gets supplements wrong
GRAS ≠ safe for any use

Stevia is GRAS as a sweetener — not in drugs or infant formula. Wrong context = failed review.

One word = drug claim

"Supports blood sugar" is legal. "Lowers blood sugar" is a drug claim. One word = warning letter.

GRAS doesn't cross borders

Ashwagandha is US-legal. EU needs Novel Food approval. Assume otherwise = blocked shipment.

01 · GRAS NOTICES

1,000+ notices with GRN number and intended use. Use-specific — not a yes/no.

02 · PROP 65 SCREEN

1,000+ chemicals with toxicity type. Mandatory for California sales.

03 · FDA ADVISORY LIST

84 flagged ingredients — DMAA, BMPEA, and more. Know before your product does.

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Risk Warning

Used Ch*tGPT for compliance?
That mistake could cost you $10,000+

Regulatory consultants charge $300–500/hour. A misclassified ingredient can create compliance risk, product recalls, and legal costs across cosmetics, food, and supplements. Our Starter tier helps you spot issues early — before they become expensive problems. This tool is for informational purposes; always verify with a qualified regulatory professional.

01. EXACT CFR CITATIONS

AI-generated compliance text cannot reliably reproduce exact CFR subsections. We cite real source documents: 21 CFR 700.11, 21 CFR 352.10, 21 CFR 333.301. When FDA audits your files, you need the exact subsection — traceable to its official source.

02. CONCENTRATION THRESHOLDS

Ch*tGPT cannot reliably tell you the exact % where an ingredient flips from cosmetic to OTC drug. We do: Hydroquinone 2% = OTC drug vs cosmetic. Salicylic Acid 0.5–2% = OTC for acne. Miss the threshold, miss the market.

03. CROSS-JURISDICTION

Ch*tGPT gets Japan/Korea/US/EU comparisons wrong constantly. Minoxidil: OTC drug in US, functional cosmetic in Korea, quasi-drug in Japan, medicinal product in EU. This is non-obvious. One wrong assumption = detained shipment.

04. DRUG-COSMETIC BOUNDARY

We explain the intent-based classification: same ingredient, same concentration, but different claims = different regulatory path. This is lawyer-level nuance that LLMs struggle with. FDA does not care what the LLM "thinks."

05. STRUCTURED DATA

Ch*tGPT answers in prose. Our structured database enables: batch checking 50+ ingredients, PDF export with exact citations, fuzzy matching across 1,000+ synonyms, filtering by restriction type / category / jurisdiction. Speed matters when a client is waiting.

06. PEER-REVIEWED SOURCES

Research backed by Semantic Scholar API — Burdock 2024 on MoCRA, Yoshitomi 2025 on JSQDI, Kojima 2021 on quasi-drug testing. When your legal team asks "where did this data come from," you have a real citation. Not a hallucinated "source."

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FDA Warning Letter Legal Fees
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Product Recall Cost
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Starter Check
Source-Backed Research

Why this is different from a generic AI answer

Generic AI tools generate plausible-sounding answers from training data. We build reports from a structured, refreshable, source-backed database of regulatory rules, evidence, and enforcement history.

HARD RULES

Every report separates regulatory text (21 CFR, EU Annexes, MHLW standards) from supporting evidence. You see the exact rule that applies, not a paraphrase.

EVIDENCE PROVENANCE

Each ingredient links to its original source: FDA warning letters, SCCS opinions, enforcement events, adverse-event reports. You can verify every claim.

SOURCE FRESHNESS

We track when each source was last refreshed. Stale data is flagged. You know whether you are looking at last week's enforcement letters or last year's.

CONFIDENCE LABELS

Data is labeled Stable, Conditional, or Provisional so you know how much weight to give each finding. No hidden uncertainty.

CROSS-MARKET

Same ingredient, different rules by market. We normalize aliases so "glycerine" and "Glycerin" resolve to the same entry, then show U.S., EU, Japan, and Korea contexts.

REPEATABLE REPORTS

Buy a report today, buy the same report next month after a source refresh. See what changed. This is planning support, not a one-off guess.

Capability IngredientCompliance ChatGPT / AI Regulatory Consultant
Amazon listing compliance✓ Screens disease claims + prohibited ingredientsGenerates suspension-triggering claims✓ $2,000+
Supplement claims screening✓ 30+ prohibited patternsGenerates illegal disease claims
Prop 65 screening✓ 1,000+ chemicalsIncomplete
GRAS status with intended use✓ 1,000+ noticesMissing use-specificity
Exact CFR citationsHallucinated
EU E-number lookup✓ 327 additivesUnreliable
50-ingredient batch check✓ Under 1 secondManual, slow$300–500/hr
CostFree – $499/moFree$1,000–10,000+
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about ingredient compliance checking.

What food ingredients did the FDA ban recently? +
The FDA banned Red 3 (Erythrosine) in January 2025 and revoked GRAS status for Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) in July 2023. Both are now prohibited in food sold in the United States. Potassium Bromate is also banned in California and the EU, though still federally permitted. IngredientCompliance flags all three automatically — along with Titanium Dioxide, which is banned as a food additive in the EU but allowed in the US. If your formula contains any of these, the report tells you exactly which markets are affected and what action to take.
Will this prevent my Amazon listing from being suspended? +
IngredientCompliance screens for the exact issues that trigger Amazon supplement suspensions: prohibited disease claims ("cures diabetes"), restricted ingredients (ephedrine, aristolochic acid), and missing Prop 65 warnings. It does not guarantee your listing will not be suspended — but it catches the top three enforcement triggers before you submit. Run a check at /check before your next listing.
What is IngredientCompliance? +
IngredientCompliance is a cross-jurisdiction ingredient checker that screens cosmetic, food, and supplement formulas against FDA MoCRA, EAFUS, GRAS, Prop 65, EU E-numbers, and NIH safety thresholds. It provides instant compliance reports with exact CFR citations — not hallucinated text. Results appear in under a second. Export to PDF for regulatory submissions and consultant reviews.
How does the ingredient checker work? +
Paste your ingredient list — comma-separated, one per line, or raw label copy. Our fuzzy-matching parser resolves aliases and spelling variations automatically ("glycerine" and "Glycerin" map to the same entry). Each ingredient is checked against multiple regulatory databases and you receive a structured compliance report with status, restrictions, and citations. The whole process takes under a second.
What regulations and databases do you check against? +
We check against FDA MoCRA (cosmetics), 21 CFR (OTC drug monographs), EAFUS (food additives), GRAS notices (supplements and food), California Prop 65, EU Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, EU E-number regulations, NIH Upper Intake Limits, FALCPA allergen requirements, and Japan MHLW quasi-drug ordinances. We also cross-reference FDA Warning Letters and advisory-list substances. Every result includes exact citations — not AI-generated approximations.
What is FDA MoCRA and does it apply to my products? +
MoCRA (Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act, 2022) is the biggest overhaul of US cosmetic law in 85 years. It requires facility registration, product listing, safety substantiation, and adverse event reporting for cosmetics sold in the US. If you manufacture, import, or private-label cosmetics for the US market, MoCRA applies to you. IngredientCompliance screens ingredient lists against MoCRA requirements automatically and flags substances that require additional safety documentation.
Can I check ingredients for the Japanese quasi-drug or Korean cosmetics market? +
Yes. Our database includes Japan's MHLW quasi-drug positive list and restricted substances under MHLW Ordinance 331. Ingredients like retinol, niacinamide, and certain UV filters are flagged with their quasi-drug classification when you select the Japan jurisdiction. For Korean cosmetics, we cross-reference MFDS ingredient guidelines. This is particularly useful for brands exporting from the US to Japan or Korea, or for K-Beauty brands entering the US market.
Is the free tier really free? +
Yes. The free tier gives you 3 lifetime checks with up to 10 ingredients per check — sign in with Google in 5 seconds, no credit card required. The Light plan ($29/month) gives you 20 checks per month across all checkers plus 5 monitored SKUs with monthly re-runs and email alerts. The Starter Check ($99 one-time) gives you a single unlimited-ingredient report with full PDF export and CFR citations.
Is IngredientCompliance a substitute for legal or regulatory advice? +
No. IngredientCompliance is for informational and planning purposes only. It does not constitute legal or regulatory advice. Always consult a qualified attorney or regulatory consultant before making compliance decisions. Our tool helps you identify issues early and walk into those conversations prepared — it does not replace professional judgment.

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This service is provided "AS IS" without warranties of any kind. Regulatory data is for reference and planning purposes only and does not constitute legal or regulatory advice. Always consult a qualified attorney or regulatory consultant before making compliance decisions. Not affiliated with the FDA or any government agency.