How I Built Zerotox — An AI Platform That Analyzes Product Ingredients

Everyday products contain long lists of ingredients that are difficult to understand. Food, cosmetics, and household items often include compounds that most people have never heard of, yet they are expected to evaluate them before buying a product. This problem led me to build Zerotox — a platform that analyzes ingredients and helps people understand what is actually inside the products they use. The goal was simple: turn complex ingredient lists into structured, understandable information. The idea started with a basic question: how can we make ingredient transparency easier? Most products contain dozens of compounds. Some are harmless, some are beneficial, and others may have risks depending on context or quantity. But for the average consumer, researching each ingredient individually is unrealistic. Zerotox approaches this problem by combining ingredient data with AI-assisted analysis. The system processes product data and ingredient lists, analyzes the compounds, and generates expl