The Food Compass system assigns a single health score ranging from 1 to 100 to foods based on 54 attributes distributed across nine health-relevant domains.

Study: Food Compass Score predicts incident cardiovascular disease: The ATTICA cohort study (2002-2022).

The study uses the Food Compass system exactly as described — giving each food a score from 1 to 100 based on 54 health factors in nine categories — and shows that higher scores are linked to lower heart disease risk. This proves the system works the way the claim says it does.

Study: Validation of Food Compass with a healthy diet, cardiometabolic health, and mortality among U.S. adults, 1999–2018

The study shows that Food Compass gives each food a score from 1 to 100 based on 54 healthy traits grouped into 9 categories, and people who eat foods with higher scores are healthier — so the system works as described.

Study: The Longitudinal Effect of Ultra-Processed Food on the Development of Dyslipidemia/Obesity as Assessed by the NOVA System and Food Compass Score.

The study used the Food Compass system to rate how healthy different foods are, and found that people who ate foods with higher scores were less likely to get sick. This means the system works like a health scorecard for food.

Study: Food Compass 2.0 is an improved nutrient profiling system to characterize healthfulness of foods and beverages

The study confirms that Food Compass gives each food a score from 1 to 100 based on 54 healthy and unhealthy traits grouped into nine categories, and that foods with higher scores are linked to better health.