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| This project aims to see if it's possible for OpenFoodFacts to support diets in the most generic way. | | This project aims to see if it's possible for OpenFoodFacts to support diets in the most generic way. |
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| === Exploring how Open Food Facts can support any dietary requirement=== | | === Exploring how Open Food Facts can support any dietary requirement=== |
| ====Introduction==== | | ====Introduction==== |
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| What is a diet exactly? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_(nutrition) Wikipedia] defines it as | | What is a diet exactly? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_(nutrition) Wikipedia] defines it as |
| <nowiki>In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.</nowiki> | | <nowiki>In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.</nowiki> |
− | This does not help us much. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diets Wikipedia entry] on diets shows more than 50 different diets (I stopped counting). There are many different reasons and approaches, which are not relevant here. As a working defition I will use: | + | This does not help us much. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diets Wikipedia entry] on diets shows more than 50 different diets (I stopped counting). There are many different reasons and approaches, which are not relevant here. As a working definition I will use: |
| <nowiki>A Open Food Fact diet is a subselection of products in the Open Food Fact database.</nowiki> | | <nowiki>A Open Food Fact diet is a subselection of products in the Open Food Fact database.</nowiki> |
| This implies that a person who follows a certain diet is only willing to eat specific products. | | This implies that a person who follows a certain diet is only willing to eat specific products. |
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| ==== Compound Diets ==== | | ==== Compound Diets ==== |
| It is possible that a person adheres to multiple diets. For example vegetariansim + non-gmo + organic. | | It is possible that a person adheres to multiple diets. For example vegetariansim + non-gmo + organic. |
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| * Package - ideally information whether a product is suited for a particular diet should be on the package of a product. However the advantage of Open Food Facts is that this would no longer necessary. | | * Package - ideally information whether a product is suited for a particular diet should be on the package of a product. However the advantage of Open Food Facts is that this would no longer necessary. |
| ===Diet Rules=== | | ===Diet Rules=== |
− | In order to obtain diet rules one must look at various diets to see how they are defined. After looking at [[these diets]] some conclusions can be drawn: | + | In order to obtain diet rules one must look at various diets to see how they are defined. After looking at [[these diets]] some conclusions can be drawn. Products are to be excluded based on: |
| + | * Ingredients created by a specific process - for instance GMO or organic; |
| + | * Specific ingredient - for instance the coloring agent Cochinelle, derived from crushing beetles; |
| + | * Ingredient groups - for instance all fats that required the killing of an animal; |
| + | * Products created by specific processes; |
| + | * Product groups created by specific processes. |
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| ===Already supported Diets === | | ===Already supported Diets === |
| Open Food Facts already support some support for diets. | | Open Food Facts already support some support for diets. |