The Canopy Blog

What a Single Test Can and Can't Tell You

Every result on Canopy right now is a single test. It's a real number from a real sample, and it's worth taking seriously. But it answers a narrower question than people often assume, and it's worth understanding.

Where Do Contaminants in Food Come From?

Contaminants like heavy metals, PFAS, pesticide residues, and microplastics aren't on any label, because they enter food through how it's grown, raised, processed, and packaged rather than through the recipe. This post walks through where they come from at each step, and why testing is the only way to know what's actually in a given product.