What do the Clean, Low, Watch and Swap levels mean?

They are cut from a continuous concern level the app computes from the sourced claims that the chosen evidence lens shows: each claim counts its concern class, tier weight, confidence and dose relevance, combined worst-first with a decay so one serious finding outweighs many small ones, then scaled by how much of the substance reaches you in this use. Clean is below 0.35, Low below 1.1, Watch below 2.0 and Swap above that, on a 0 to 3 scale.

Is Ochratoxin A safe in food and drink?

Q: Is ochratoxin a safe in food and drink?

Under the app's default Cautious lens, ochratoxin a in food and drink rates Swap: the app would put this near the top of your swap plan. 2 sourced concerns count (suspected carcinogen, consensus tier; metabolic, consensus tier). This is research with sources, not medical advice.

Food processing1 use researched2 sourced claims

Where it turns up: mycotoxin from mold on cereals, coffee. Detox My Life researched ochratoxin a under one use, because the same substance means something different in each use. Every claim below carries its evidence tier, how sure the research is that it applies here, and the sources it cites. The level is computed by the app's own deterministic engine, so the page says exactly what the app would.

Level by use and lens

Use	Mainstream	Cautious (default)	Based	Concerns · favour · fringe
Eaten or drunk	Swap	Swap	Swap	2 · 0

Mainstream shows consensus claims only; Cautious adds emerging research; Based adds fringe claims, labelled as such. The last column counts, under Cautious, the sourced concerns, the findings in its favour and the fringe claims Based would add.

Safer swaps: the app's swap catalog covers the products this turns up in: Sugary cereal. Alternatives are always types, never brands.

Eaten or drunk Swap

Under the default Cautious lens ochratoxin a in food and drink rates Swap: the app would put this near the top of your swap plan. Mainstream (consensus only) rates it Swap; Based (adds the fringe) rates it Swap. Researched 2026-09-03.

Sourced concerns (2)

ConsensusSuspected carcinogenconfidence 90%

Ingestion of ochratoxin A is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2B) and has been confirmed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to be carcinogenic to the kidney and genotoxic.

Why here: Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin that contaminates various food products and, when ingested, can be absorbed and exert carcinogenic and genotoxic effects in the body.
What would have to be true: Human exposure primarily occurs through dietary consumption of contaminated foodstuffs such as cereals, coffee, dried fruits, wine, and spices, with regulatory limits in the EU ranging from 2 ppb to 80 ppb depending on the foodstuff.

Sources the engine cites:

Ochratoxin A in food: public health risks assessed — europa.eu (2020) · regulator or public body
Risk assessment of ochratoxin A in food — nih.gov (2020) · regulator or public body
Toxicology & Mycotoxin Research: Athens, GA - Publication : USDA ARS — usda.gov (2014) · regulator or public body
Mycotoxins — who.int (2023) · regulator or public body
5 web articles (digicomply.com, merieuxnutrisciences.com, mynaturalorigins.com, …), linked in the app.
2 community or commercial pages, not counted here.

ConsensusMetabolicconfidence 90%

Ingestion of ochratoxin A is known to cause nephrotoxicity (kidney damage) in various animal species and is associated with human kidney diseases such as Balkan endemic nephropathy and chronic interstitial nephropathy.

Why here: Ochratoxin A, when ingested, is absorbed and primarily targets the kidneys, leading to toxic effects.
What would have to be true: Human exposure occurs through consumption of contaminated food and feed, with the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) establishing a Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) of 112 ng/kg body weight/week.

Sources the engine cites:

Ochratoxin A and human health risk: a review of the evidence — nih.gov · regulator or public body
Ochratoxin A in food: public health risks assessed — europa.eu (2020) · regulator or public body
Mycotoxins — who.int (2023) · regulator or public body
Ochratoxin A in Food — cfs.gov.hk (2018) · regulator or public body
2 web articles (indoordoctor.com, environmentalcare.com), linked in the app.
1 community or commercial page, not counted here.

Not researched here

The engine has no dossier for ochratoxin a when cooked with heat, in cold food, as a finishing ingredient, in heated food packaging or other uses. The app researches an ingredient for the use it infers from your product, so a scan fills these in; this page only shows what has already been researched and source-verified.

This is research, not medical advice. Detox My Life shows sourced claims sorted by evidence tier. It does not diagnose, treat, or tell you to start or stop anything. Talk to a qualified professional about your health.

Scan your own. The app reads any product label with your camera, works out how you are about to use it, and researches every ingredient for that use with live sources. Every scan adds to a Detox Score for your home, where 50 is a typical home in your region, and a plan of next swaps.

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