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Field Guides to Food

The Stoplight Model

Green Light (highest standards) & Yellow Light (not as strict) count as real food.
For example, a product is rated green light in the Humane category if Animal Welfare Approved by the Animal Welfare Institute, and yellow light in the Humane category if certified Global Animal Partnership Step 3.
Red Light does not meet standards for real food.
For example, a product is rated red light in the Humane category if certified Global Animal Partnership Step 1 or 2, because this is not enough to count as real food. However, the product may count in one or more of the other categories.



Automatic disqualification criteria are based on emerging consensus on the considerations that are foundational to a good food system:
Products that do not meet basic human and animal rights and health standards cannot count as real food in any category.



See RFC's "Real Food Guide" for full details on these criteria.

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