1. Cơ sở dữ liệu miễn phí về mặt hàng thực phẩm Freie Datenbank für Nahrungsmittel
La información alimentaria libre La banca dati alimentare aperta
L'information alimentaire ouverte フリー食品データベース
Stéphane Gigandet, founder
http://openfoodfacts.org
Computer Cooking Contest 2012 - Lyon – Sept. 3rd 2012
3. The Open Food Facts project
● A database of information on food products
from all around the world
● Ingredients, nutrition facts, origins, labels, photos
etc.
● Collaborative, free and open
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6. Collaborating and contributing
● Crowdsourcing model to add products
● 150 contributors added 2000 products in French
● Contributions directly from food companies
● Crowdsourcing of ideas
● Facebook contributors groups, discussion lists etc.
● 40 ideas on the Ideas Forums
– https://openfoodfactsfr.uservoice.com/ & http://openfoodfacts.uservoice.com/
● Open APIs and open source mobile app
– https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-android/
– Mailing list: off-android-fr-subscribe@openfoodfacts.org
7. Missions and special operations
Operation Soda:
- collaboration with OWNI and
Terra Eco
- 150 sodas added in 1 week
8. Uses – Deciphering cryptic labels
● e.g. “E-numbers” for additives
● E150d = Sulfite ammonia caramel
● Carmine, also called Crimson Lake, Cochineal,
Natural Red 4, E120 or carminic acid
Cochineal scales breeding
Photo by Frank Vincentz, licence Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0
12. Re-uses allowed and encouraged
● Open Data licence (OdbL)
● cc-by-sa like licence for databases
● Anyone can use all the collected data for any use
(including commercial)
● Data readily available in open formats
● JSON API, CSV exports
13. Re-uses : data visualizations
Graphs are now directly available through the Search form on Open Food Facts
14. Re-use ideas
● Source of data for research: food, health,
marketing, computer science etc.
● Consumer watch
● Art, collections
● Your ideas!
● Got an idea? We can help to get the data you
need. (e.g. more products with Aspartame for a
study)
15. Technology
● Web frontend: HTML5, jquery
● Server backend: Apache, Perl, MongoDB
● Mobile apps: Phonegap, jquerymobile
● OCR (ingredients): Tesseract
16. Innovative use of common technologies
● Cameras: products instead of sunsets
● Phones: barcode readers
● Barcodes: consumers instead of cashiers
17. Future plans
● More languages, more products
● Mobile apps: Android, iOS, Windows Phone
etc.
● More uses and re-uses
● e.g. automated ingredients translation for people
traveling in foreign countries
● More collaboration and research
● Scientists, developers, students
● e.g. better OCR: ingredients on round cans?
18. Changing how we eat and cook
● More transparency to the food industry means:
● Smarter choices
● Better products (healthy, environment friendly)
● Less processed food products
● More cooking!
or
9 additives:
E331,E333,E330,E440,E415
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E322,E503,E450,E500
http://www.lacuisinedejuliat.com/article-moelleux-biscuits-fraises-et-rhubarbe-109485909.html