Open Food Facts
world.openfoodfacts.orgA collaborative, free and open database of food products worldwide
Data & Analyticsopen-datafoodnutritioncrowdsourceddatabaseapimobile-app
About
Open Food Facts is a crowdsourced, open database containing ingredients, nutrition facts, and other information on food products from around the world. It serves millions of visitors monthly and provides a public API for developers and researchers. Anyone can contribute product data or reuse the database freely for any purpose.
Problem
People lack easy access to transparent, comprehensive nutrition and ingredient information for food products worldwide.
For
consumers, researchers, developers, and anyone interested in food product transparency
How it works
Users and contributors scan or manually add food products to a shared open database, which is freely accessible via a website, mobile app, and API.
Business model
free
Status
launched