The Record

Every claim we've graded, on the record

The brief quotes every load-bearing health, climate, cost, and "first ever" claim verbatim and grades it against the evidence. This page is where those grades live on: who said what, what the evidence showed, and where it ran.

101 claims graded, and kept

As of Aug 16, 2026. No other vegan daily grades the claims. 65 claimants · 18 people, 47 organizations

Proven 12
Solid 36
Early 14
Company claim 29
Overstated 10

Latest claims

Early Aug 16, 2026

“digestion-resistant plant protein modulates microbiome metabolism and, together with fiber, supports healthy metabolite profiles associated with plant-based diets”

the study authors

The finding rests on isotope-tracing experiments in mice, not yet a human trial.

In the brief → Original source →
Early Aug 16, 2026

“Vegetarian diets compared to non-vegetarian diets are associated with reduced risk of total cancer and seven specific cancer types, while vegan diets are associated with reduced risk of total and breast cancer.”

the meta-analysis authors

The pooled evidence comes from prospective observational cohorts, graded "probable" by World Cancer Research Fund criteria for total, colorectal, colon and breast cancer, not randomized trials.

In the brief → Original source →
Company claim Aug 15, 2026

“generate 93% fewer emissions than beef”

This, of its vegan steak and burger

This is the brand's own comparison chart, not an independently audited life-cycle assessment.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 15, 2026

“The WFPB induced a clinically significant reduction in LDL-C relative to the SAD (-17.9%, 95% CI: -21.7%, -14.3%; P < 0.0001)”

study authors

A randomized, fully controlled crossover feeding trial with a statistically robust result; funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, though one author discloses unrelated dairy-industry consulting.

In the brief → Original source →
Company claim Aug 14, 2026

“roughly 98% lower”

Millow, citing an independent RISE verification

The verification sits at a research institute; only Millow's account of the figure appears in the source.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 14, 2026

“there were no statistically significant differences in athletic performance between the plant-based and omnivore phases”

Peggy Policastro, study co-author

A randomized crossover trial across four universities, though a small sample of 36 participants over four-week phases.

In the brief → Original source →
Proven Aug 13, 2026

“the first company authorized to sell cultivated beef in two separate markets”

Aleph Farms, per Singapore's regulatory approval

The evidence is the Singapore Food Agency's official clearance itself, following Israel's earlier one.

In the brief → Original source →
Company claim Aug 12, 2026

“We will have a self-affirmed GRAS for human lactoferrin before the end of 2026, and we will be in market within six months”

Jan Pacas, All G CEO

This is All G's own unaudited timeline for an ingredient not yet filed with FDA.

In the brief → Original source →
Overstated Aug 11, 2026

“Now my Administration has returned the Endangered Species Act to how it was intended to be.”

President Donald Trump

The Supreme Court's 1995 Babbitt v. Sweet Home ruling upheld habitat destruction as prohibited "harm" under the same law, the reading this rule discards.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 11, 2026

“Vegetarian diets compared to non-vegetarian diets are associated with reduced risk of total cancer and seven specific cancer types, while vegan diets are associated with reduced risk of total and breast cancer.”

study authors

A peer-reviewed meta-analysis of prospective studies whose authors grade the vegan-specific findings only "limited-suggestive" by WCRF criteria, more cautious than the "probable" rating given the stronger vegetarian associations.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 10, 2026

“Vegetarian diets compared to non-vegetarian diets are associated with reduced risk of total cancer and seven specific cancer types, while vegan diets are associated with reduced risk of total and breast cancer”

the study's own conclusion

Peer-reviewed systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 publications from prospective and case-control studies, with the authors grading strength of evidence "probable" for vegetarian diets and total cancer but only "limited-suggestive" for vegan diets, and flagging some cancer sites as "imprecise or near the null."

In the brief → Original source →
Early Aug 9, 2026

“Vegetarian diets compared to non-vegetarian diets are associated with reduced risk of total cancer and seven specific cancer types, while vegan diets are associated with reduced risk of total and breast cancer”

study authors

Built from 17 publications of observational cohort and case-control data; the authors themselves rated the vegan-diet evidence "limited-suggestive," not proven.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 9, 2026

“The WFPB induced a clinically significant reduction in LDL-C relative to the SAD (-17.9%, 95% CI: -21.7%, -14.3%; P < 0.0001)”

study authors

A randomized, fully controlled crossover feeding trial with genetically confirmed patients, though only 4 weeks per diet arm; one co-author discloses unrelated consulting fees from the Dairy Farmers of Canada.

In the brief → Original source →
Early Aug 8, 2026

“plant-derived myoglobin could achieve protein yields per hectare that rival – or even potentially exceed – those of animal agriculture”

the study's authors

The same trial found tobacco- and lettuce-grown myoglobin at a fraction of animal-muscle concentration and only 35% functional, a lab proof-of-concept rather than a demonstrated yield advantage.

In the brief → Original source →
Company claim Aug 7, 2026

“most compelling center-of-the-plate innovations since the Beyond Burger”

Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat CEO

The Steak filet launched at two retailers weeks earlier, and no independent sales or reception data back the claim yet.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 6, 2026

“global uptake of plant-rich diets within an ideal transformation scenario could reduce emissions by 76 percent”

Cornell, Potsdam Institute and AgMIP research team

The figure comes from a peer-reviewed Nature study modeling ten food-system scenarios against business-as-usual projections through 2050, not an observed outcome.

In the brief → Original source →
Overstated Aug 5, 2026

“their production does not involve animal cruelty”

French industry framing, via the Brazilian diplomat

Foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese through a tube to enlarge the liver well beyond its natural size; a 2022 EU report called the practice welfare-compliant, but Brazilian campaigners dispute that finding, and Brazil's Congress voted unanimously to ban it anyway.

In the brief → Original source →
Overstated Aug 5, 2026

“hides are a by-product of the meat and dairy industries”

leather industry framing

A peer-reviewed recalculation in *ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering* by researchers at Cornell and NYU more than doubles bovine leather's farming-phase emissions once it's treated as a co-product rather than a free byproduct.

In the brief → Original source →
Company claim Aug 4, 2026

“indicates that production can scale profitably with technology and equipment available today”

Aleph Farms CEO Didier Toubia, citing the company's own techno-economic analysis

The analysis, projecting a 47% gross margin at price parity with conventional beef and a $6.45-per-pound cost, was commissioned and described by Aleph itself and hasn't been independently published or audited.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 3, 2026

“supports its re-establishment as a cornerstone in clinical guidelines”

study authors

A fully controlled, randomized crossover trial published in Nature Communications, though small (n=50) and short (4 weeks per diet).

In the brief → Original source →
Early Aug 3, 2026

“lower intake could sometimes contribute to a longer life”

Cell Press review of 350+ studies

The review draws mainly on rodent and fly lifespan data plus small human trials on metabolic markers, not a human trial proving longer life.

In the brief → Original source →
Company claim Aug 2, 2026

“switching to 100 percent British oats could reduce the climate footprint of its Barista range by up to 13 percent by the end of 2026”

Oatly

This is the company's own unaudited projection, not an independently verified measurement.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 2, 2026

“The WFPB induced a clinically significant reduction in LDL-C relative to the SAD”

study authors, Nature Communications

A randomized, controlled crossover feeding trial, but only 50 participants and four-week arms in a genetic-disease population, so durability outside the feeding lab is untested.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 2, 2026

“Vegetarian diets compared to non-vegetarian diets are associated with reduced risk of total cancer and seven specific cancer types”

study authors, European Journal of Epidemiology

Pooled from prospective cohort studies; the authors themselves rate the strength of evidence "probable," not proven, since observational data can't establish causation.

In the brief → Original source →
Solid Aug 2, 2026

“an estimated 4% reduction in heart disease risk”

Penn State researchers

The peer-reviewed trial measured a real drop in LDL particle count; the 4% figure is a modeled estimate from that biomarker change, not a directly observed drop in heart attacks or strokes.

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How the Record works

Every entry starts life inside a daily brief as a "The check" line: the claim quoted word-for-word, the person or company who made it, and a grade for what the evidence actually showed. Before any brief publishes, an automated gate verifies each quoted claim character-for-character against the cited source; a quote that fails that check halts the whole issue. The Record is those verified entries, kept.

Grades follow one rule: the claim is graded as made, not the topic. A "99% cheaper" line from a press release is a Company claim even when the underlying science is promising. When later evidence settles a claim either way, the entry stays and the update is added; the point of a record is that it does not forget.

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