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Open Food Facts

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A food and cosmetic product database

Open Food Facts is a database of food and cosmetic products with ingredients, allergens, nutrition facts and all the ata we can find on product labels.

Made by everyone

Open Food Facts is a non-profit association of volunteers. Since 2012, 7000+ contributors have added 400 000+ products from 180 countries using the Android, iPhone or Windows Phone apps or their cameras to scan barcodes and upload pictures of products and their labels.

For everyone

Data about food and cosmetics is of public interest and has to be open. The complete database is published as open data under the Open Database Licence (ODbL) and can be reused by anyone and for any use. There are more than 100 re-uses of the data in many different ways: many nutrition apps to eat better, food inventory apps to prevent waste, research by health and nutrition scientists, investigations by journalists, educative games etc.

Make better food choices

Food additives, allergens, packaging codes: Open Food Facts helps you make sense of the fine print on products labels. Also, you can easily compare products in 3-clicks, so that you can make more informed choices.

Application Instructions

  • Twitter: - Make sure that you are familiar with the project, its goals and existing features.
  • Explore our web site https://world.openfoodfacts.org , start with the Discover and Contribute pages.
  • Install our Android or iOS mobile app, scan some food products, and add photos for a few products from your country
  • Create an account on the web site, look up the products that you added, and edit the product pages to fill in the data for ingredients, nutrition facts
  • Read the list of proposed project ideas: https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Student_projects/GSOC/Proposals (this is to get the brainstorming started, you can propose your own ideas)
  • Browse our source code (https://github.com/openfoodfacts/) and try to run it on your machine or mobile device.
  • Join us on Slack, request an instant invite: https://slack-ssl-openfoodfacts.herokuapp.com
  • Share your proposals with us early to get feedback.
  • Be realistic about your abilities, goals and schedule. If you're unsure of any of those, do reach out.
  • Submit your proposals with the following information: email address, slack id, userid on Open Food Facts
  • Introduce yourself and mention your previous experience.
  • If proposing a new idea, describe it clearly: what is the purpose of the feature? what technologies will you use? how will it integrate with the existing?
  • Layout a plan of your work during the summer, including: milestones with precise objectives, deliverables, breaks, other school obligations