When Peeka scans a baby product and finds a verified barcode match, the result resolves to one of four grades. Here’s how to read them.
The four grades
HIGHLY SUITABLE — nothing here stands out for your little one. Every ingredient was checked against Australian infant-nutrition guidance and your child’s profile, and none of it raised a flag.
GENERALLY OK — fine, with a small thing worth knowing. The product suits your child overall, but there’s a detail we think you’d want to see — so we show it.
USE WITH CAUTION — contains an ingredient worth a closer look. Not a verdict against the product; an invitation to read the “why” underneath and decide with the full picture.
AVOID — Peeka would steer you to another option, and tells you why. This is the strongest grade we give, and it always comes with the reasons and the sources.
Why the grades are relative, not absolute
You’ll notice Peeka never calls a product good or bad in absolute terms. That’s deliberate. The same product can grade differently for a newborn and a one-year-old, or for a baby with a family history of allergies — so Peeka scores against your child’s profile, not a generic average.
The grades are relative assessments against published Australian guidance: FSANZ food standards, ASCIA allergy guidance, NHMRC infant-feeding advice, and ACCC product recalls. Every result shows its working, with the sources.
When Peeka says “insufficient data”
Sometimes Peeka doesn’t hold complete ingredient data for a product. When that happens, it says so plainly — the result reads INSUFFICIENT DATA — rather than guessing. That’s not a fifth grade; it’s honesty about what we don’t yet know.
You decide
Peeka is a tool to inform your decision, not a replacement for your GP or child health nurse. You get the grade, the reasons in plain English, and the sources — and you know your baby best.