Terms of Use

Data Accuracy and Verification

PlainSubstitute compiles and reformats substitution guidance from published culinary and food-science sources. While we take reasonable care, a ratio may not suit every recipe, technique, or brand. You are responsible for verifying any fact that influences a medical, allergy, or similarly consequential decision, always confirm allergen safety with product labels before cooking for someone with an allergy.

Acceptable Use

You may browse, read, and share PlainSubstitute content for personal, journalistic, academic, and non-commercial research use. You may cite specific records with attribution and a link back to the page on plainsubstitute.com. You may not (a) systematically scrape, crawl, or download the dataset in bulk without prior written permission; (b) resell, sublicense, or redistribute derived data products that compete with PlainSubstitute; (c) use our pages to harass, defame, or misrepresent any individual or organization appearing in the data; (d) remove, obscure, or mislabel source attribution; or (e) attempt to bypass rate limits, security controls, or authentication mechanisms.

Editorial Process

PlainSubstitute combines raw public data with plain-language summaries, explainers, and comparisons. Narrative sections are drafted by our editorial team from source data and reviewed before publication. We do not alter underlying numbers or filings, those are loaded directly from the upstream source. If you spot a summary that misreads the data, please email the correction link on our contact page.

Intellectual Property

Individual culinary facts (that one ingredient can substitute for another, and at what ratio) are not ours to own. However, our site design, layout, navigation, original editorial copy, category taxonomies, comparison tables, quality scoring, and curated rankings are the copyrighted work of PlainSubstitute and may not be reproduced in whole or substantial part without permission.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes in our data sources, product features, legal environment, or advertising relationships. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, when appropriate, surface a brief notice on the homepage. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically.

Governing Law and Disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the jurisdiction in which PlainSubstitute is domiciled, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from or relating to your use of PlainSubstitute will first be addressed through good-faith informal negotiation. If that fails, both parties agree to resolve the dispute in the courts with jurisdiction over PlainSubstitute's principal place of business. Nothing in these terms limits your statutory consumer-protection rights under applicable local law.

Legal Notices

For formal legal notices, DMCA takedown requests, subpoenas, law-enforcement requests, or correspondence regarding these terms, email legal@plainsubstitute.com. General questions, data corrections, and feedback should use the contact page so they reach the editorial team promptly.