Open Food Facts reaches 50k food products and launches a worldwide scan party (opens in new tab)

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stephanebiz10y ago· 4 in thread

The US is #6 in terms of number of products on Open Food Facts. Can you help me get the US to #5? Only a couple of dozens of products is needed.

callahad10y ago

I'm surprised there isn't a bulk database available from the FDA or USDA. http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ is in the public domain and looks like a good start. Do you know of all of its entries are in the Open Food Facts database?

stephanebiz10y ago

I need to look again but I believe it contains mostly "average" generic products, not branded products. And no images of the product and its packaging unfortunately. Also there are no barcodes for the branded products. e.g. http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2072 But definitely worth another look, thanks!

mark_l_watson10y ago

I use the USDA nutrition database for cookingspace.com and it has the nutrients of lots of commercial processed food products.

stephanebiz10y ago

Also no ingredients it seems. :-(

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stephanebiz10y ago· 4 in thread

The US is #6 in terms of number of products on Open Food Facts. Can you help me get the US to #5? Only a couple of dozens of products is needed.

callahad10y ago

stephanebiz10y ago

mark_l_watson10y ago

I use the USDA nutrition database for cookingspace.com and it has the nutrients of lots of commercial processed food products.

stephanebiz10y ago

Also no ingredients it seems. :-(

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