THE SVELIO BRIEFUPDATED AS WE PUBLISH

01 · The advertisement

Front

02 · The disclosure

Back

Two cereal cartons from a fictional brand standing side by side on dark teal. The left box shows its designed front: a wheat emblem, a bowl of flakes and berries, and three claim badges reading All Natural, Multigrain, and No Added Sugar. The right box is turned to show its back: a Nutrition Facts panel, a dense ingredient paragraph, and a barcode.
ISSUE 05 · MARKETING VS REALITY

The front of the box is an ad.

Six claims that are legal to print, and the lines on the back that decide whether they are true.

July 27, 2026Read the issue →

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Overhead editorial still-life: a smartphone held over a row of plain unbranded grocery packages on a dark teal background, a cool scan-line glow falling across the labels.
ISSUE 04 · FIELD GUIDE

Which scanner actually reads the label?

The scan-your-food aisle split into graders and counters. Here is what each kind actually tells you, and where every one of them stops.

July 12, 2026

A slice of white sandwich bread resting on a rolled exercise mat under hard editorial light.
ISSUE 03 · INGREDIENT WATCH

The yoga mat in your sandwich.

One chemical puts the squish in exercise mats and the fluff in American bread. Europe decided that was a problem. The US never did.

June 25, 2026

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