We pull recall data from 41 government sources across 13 countries.
The single biggest cause of food recalls isn't bacteria, metal fragments, or pesticides. It's undeclared allergens. Mislabeled ingredients. A factory that processes peanuts on the same line as "peanut-free" granola bars and doesn't update the packaging. 45% of all food recalls come down to someone not listing what's actually in the product.
Since sesame was added as a major allergen under the FASTER Act in 2023, there's been a new wave of these. Manufacturers are still catching up on labels and sourcing three years later.
The thing that gets me is how invisible this is. If you don't have allergies, you'll never hear about these recalls. They don't make the news. But for the families who rely on those labels, each one is a near-miss.
I built Nibble after a medication side effect caught me off guard. The drug had been flagged in an FDA safety communication weeks earlier. I never saw it. Most people don't.
Recalls happen constantly. Agencies post them across dozens of websites, in different countries, in different formats. Unless you're actively checking, you're missing things that directly affect your household.
Nibble monitors 30+ government agencies across 13 countries and matches every recall against your household's profiles. Allergies, medications, dietary needs, pets, vehicles. It runs in the background and alerts you when something is relevant. Push notifications, email digests, or both.
You can also scan barcodes, receipts, and VINs to check products you've already purchased.
The technical detail I'm most proud of: RSS bridging. The FDA's official API lags 1-3 weeks behind what's actually posted. Nibble catches recalls from RSS feeds the same day and reconciles with the API data when it catches up. For Class I recalls, that time gap matters.
The cross-country data also opens up things that single-country apps can't do. When you open a recall, Nibble shows you if the same ingredient has been banned, restricted, or warning-labeled by other regulators around the world. Red Dye 3 was pulled in the EU in 1994. Brominated vegetable oil banned in the UK since 2008. Still permitted in plenty of US products. The cross-jurisdiction picture is the real story.
Solo build. 1088 tests. 13 languages. 41 ingestion jobs pulling from agencies worldwide. There's still a lot I want to add, but the foundation is solid and it's live now.
I'd genuinely appreciate feedback on the profile matching system. It's the core of the product and I want to make sure it's solving the right problem.