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Ingredients represent '''one of the most important''' data to be collected, as it is used for many usages.
=== Usages ===
* Nova calculation
* Nutri-Score calculation: it is used to calculate the proportion of fruit and nuts
* evaluation of some food preferences such as vegetarians, vegans, etc.
* automatic identification of allergens (both substances and traces, see below)
* etc.
=== Filling ingredients data ===
Thanks to automatic Optical Characters Recognition (OCR), this field can be filled by softwares. But OCR is not always good, and you should always verify the result.
=== Database ===
In the database, this field is called <code>ingredients_[country code]</code>.
=== Tools ===
==== Taxonomy ====
Ingredients analysis also produce an array of all ingredients which allows translation in other languages. To allow analysis and translation, Open Food Facts community [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/blob/master/taxonomies/ingredients.txt has build a taxonomy]. You can contribute to it.
==== Ingredients analyzing ====
Analyzing ingredients is not an easy task. A whole pas is dedicated to [[Ingredients Extraction and Analysis]].
==== Ingredients issues ====
See [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+ingredients+label%3Aingredients issues related to <code>ingredients</code>].
=== Usages ===
* Nova calculation
* Nutri-Score calculation: it is used to calculate the proportion of fruit and nuts
* evaluation of some food preferences such as vegetarians, vegans, etc.
* automatic identification of allergens (both substances and traces, see below)
* etc.
=== Filling ingredients data ===
Thanks to automatic Optical Characters Recognition (OCR), this field can be filled by softwares. But OCR is not always good, and you should always verify the result.
=== Database ===
In the database, this field is called <code>ingredients_[country code]</code>.
=== Tools ===
==== Taxonomy ====
Ingredients analysis also produce an array of all ingredients which allows translation in other languages. To allow analysis and translation, Open Food Facts community [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/blob/master/taxonomies/ingredients.txt has build a taxonomy]. You can contribute to it.
==== Ingredients analyzing ====
Analyzing ingredients is not an easy task. A whole pas is dedicated to [[Ingredients Extraction and Analysis]].
==== Ingredients issues ====
See [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+ingredients+label%3Aingredients issues related to <code>ingredients</code>].