SCC Nexus · UPF26 Food Processing Evidence Observatory
A transparent prospective methods protocol with independently inspectable safeguards—and openly documented unfinished requirements.
Not yet submission-ready. Track A (prospective methods/protocol) has unresolved reproducibility and human declaration steps. Track B (empirical results) cannot begin until the 20 formal product variants, prospective predictions and methodology have been locked in the required sequence.
A versioned rule registry, data dictionary, append-only research schema, deterministic classification engine, manuscript draft and software tests exist.
Still required: frozen methodology revision, approved authorship and declarations, verified citations, independent reproduction and scientific review.
Twenty intentionally difficult product slots are defined, but zero formal products and zero prospective predictions were locked at the audited release.
The research must not report pilot findings before that process occurs.
| Endpoint | Required outcome |
|---|---|
| Complete auditable evidence trails | At least 18/20 |
| Exact pre-reconciliation blinded agreements | At least 16/20 |
| Material-discordance cases | At least 4/20 spanning 2 types |
| Unexplained rule conflicts | At most 2/20 |
| Operationalisability | Explicit independent methodological judgement |
Classification retains unresolved, conflict and insufficient-evidence outcomes. Nutrient profiles do not override NOVA rules; confidence components are never collapsed into a single percentage.