Question 1

How is the Bazu Score calculated?

Accepted Answer

Every food starts near the top, then the score reads its nutrition: it adds credit for fiber, protein, and good fats, and subtracts for sugar, carb quality, saturated fat, sodium, and empty calorie density. A few ingredients the label can't show, refined starches, added phosphates, artificial sweeteners, and deep-frying, move it too. It all lands on one number from 0 to 95, higher is better.

Question 2

Is a food's Bazu Score the same for everyone?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A food's score is universal, the same for everyone. Your overall score is the average of your last 90 days of meals.

Question 3

What makes a food score high?

Accepted Answer

Whole, balanced foods that are gentle on blood sugar, with fiber and protein and little added sugar, score highest. Fried, sugary, and calorie-dense refined foods score lowest.

Question 4

Why does nothing score 100?

Accepted Answer

The ceiling is 95, on purpose. Not spiking blood sugar makes a food safe, not perfect, so no food gets a perfect score just for having no carbs.

Question 5

Do artificial sweeteners lower the score?

Accepted Answer

A diet soda comes out well ahead of a regular one, scoring about 73 against 17, so swapping sugar out is a real upgrade. But the WHO now advises against artificial sweeteners for long-term health, so any product carrying one gives up as much as 30 points, enough to keep it below whole foods. Plant-based sweeteners like stevia take no strike, and the Ingredients check names every sweetener it finds.

Question 6

Do meals score differently than single foods?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A meal is scored as the sum of everything on the plate, so one cup of rice counts the same whether you log it as one entry or two. Putting whole foods together helps: chicken and broccoli next to the rice dilute its refined carbs and add protein and fiber, so the plate scores better than the rice alone. Drinks are the exception, a sugary drink can only ever pull a meal down, never lift it.

Question 7

What counts as ultra-processed?

Accepted Answer

The ingredient list decides, not the bag. A snack made from a food, oil, and salt is not junk, even packaged. Most additives, colors, preservatives, and emulsifiers, are named and tiered on the separate Ingredients check and never touch the score. Only the handful that change how a food behaves in ways the label can't show, refined starches, maltitol, added phosphates, isolated fibers, and artificial sweeteners, actually move the number.

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