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 Rosemary Extract safe in food and drink?

Q: Is rosemary extract safe in food and drink?

Under the app's default Cautious lens, rosemary extract in food and drink rates Watch: worth watching; the app would list a cleaner alternative type. 2 sourced concerns count (intake guideline, consensus tier; metabolic, emerging tier). 1 finding count in its favour. This is research with sources, not medical advice.

Food additives1 use researched3 sourced claims

Where it turns up: natural antioxidant in foods. Detox My Life researched rosemary extract 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	Low	Watch	Watch	2 · 1

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 has no entry tied to this ingredient yet. When you scan a product that contains it, the app suggests cleaner alternative types for that product; the swap categories list what the catalog covers today.

Eaten or drunk Watch

Under the default Cautious lens rosemary extract in food and drink rates Watch: worth watching; the app would list a cleaner alternative type. Mainstream (consensus only) rates it Low; Based (adds the fringe) rates it Watch. Researched 2026-09-03.

Sourced concerns (2)

ConsensusIntake guidelineconfidence 100%

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) have established an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for rosemary extract (expressed as carnosic acid and carnosol) of 0–0.6 mg/kg body weight per day, concluding that dietary exposure at proposed uses and levels is not a safety concern.

Why here: This applies directly to ingestion as a food additive.
What would have to be true: Up to 0.6 mg/kg body weight per day (as carnosic acid and carnosol) as a food additive.

Sources the engine cites (no regulator, review or study among them):

3 web articles (goodtoknowfacts.org, bakeryandsnacks.com, foodnavigator.com), linked in the app.

EmergingMetabolicconfidence 80%

Rosemary extract might slow blood clotting, increasing the risk of bleeding and bruising in individuals with bleeding disorders or those taking anticoagulant/antiplatelet medications.

Why here: This is an interaction with blood clotting mechanisms upon ingestion.
What would have to be true: Ingestion, especially when combined with bleeding disorders or anticoagulant medications.

Sources the engine cites (no regulator, review or study among them):

1 web article (rxlist.com), linked in the app.

In its favour (1)

ConsensusClearedconfidence 100%

Rosemary extract is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its intended uses as a flavoring agent or adjuvant in food.

Why here: This applies directly to ingestion as a food ingredient.
What would have to be true: As a flavoring agent or adjuvant in food, within established GRAS limits.

Sources the engine cites (no regulator, review or study among them):

2 web articles (medicalnewstoday.com, goodtoknowfacts.org), linked in the app.

Not researched here

The engine has no dossier for rosemary extract 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.

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