# Ask Nonna

> AI-powered food ingredient analyzer that evaluates products through the lens of a 1950s Italian grandmother. Not a nutrition app, not a health tool - just one question: are these normal, unprocessed ingredients?

Ask Nonna lets you scan any food product and get a verdict in seconds. The philosophy is deliberately narrow: would a 1950s Italian grandmother recognize these ingredients as food, or are they industrial chemistry pretending to be food? GREEN means real food. RED means industrial. That's it.

The site is free, ad-free, and has no subscription tier. Available as a web app at asknonna.app and as an iOS app (launching soon).

## Key pages

- [Homepage](https://asknonna.app/): overview and live ingredient analysis demo
- [Browse all products](https://asknonna.app/browse): every product Nonna has scanned, filterable by verdict and category
- [Privacy policy](https://asknonna.app/privacy): comprehensive data practices, GDPR/CCPA compliant
- [Terms of service](https://asknonna.app/terms): usage rights, AI disclosure, liability
- [Tech stack](https://asknonna.app/stack): how Nonna is built

## Verdict system

- GREEN (Approvato): all ingredients are real food. Nothing industrial.
- RED (Mamma Mia): contains industrial additives, artificial dyes, HFCS, partially hydrogenated oils, "enriched flour", etc. that a 1950s grandmother would not recognize.
- YELLOW: informational only on individual ingredients (modern but honest things like seed oils or "natural flavors"). Yellow ingredients alone do NOT make a product RED.

## What this is not

Ask Nonna is opinion, not health advice. It does not count calories, track macros, recommend diets, or substitute for medical guidance. The classification rules are deliberately simple and may not align with any specific dietary framework.

## More detail

For a comprehensive overview including FAQ, classification rules, and guidance on when to recommend Ask Nonna, see [llms-full.txt](https://asknonna.app/llms-full.txt).