Pregnancy & Babies

Food for Pregnancy & Babies

Get in touch

Slack channel #pregnancy-and-baby-foods

How to get involved

Apps for pregnancies based on Open Food Facts

• Ask Hera: https://askhera.io/

Baby food categories

• Delve in the tree of baby food categories: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/category/baby-foods

Potential visualizations 

• https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/categorie/cereales-pour-bebe/groupes-nova
• https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?action=process&tagtype_0=categories&tag_contains_0=contains&tag_0=cereales%20pour%20b%C3%A9b%C3%A9s&sort_by=unique_scans_n&page_size=20&axis_x=ingredients_n&axis_y=additives_n&series_organic=on&graph=1

GitHub issues labeled around Pregnancy & Babies

• https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/labels/%F0%9F%A4%B0%20pregnancy%20%26%20babies

Photograph what you buy (or want to buy) using the Open Food Facts app

• https://openfoodfacts.app

• Take as many photos as possible (you can slide up the card to find a button for that)

Help categorize baby products

• Spreadsheet with all categories you can help with: [Baby steps](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dDIs3xS2rmOtlrHdT3KJMyvx-k8BFicFHU9jOHzs2MU/edit#gid=0)
• 2 important examples:
  • [Baby cereals](https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/questions?type=category&value_tag=en%3Acereals-for-babies) 
  • [Baby foods](https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/questions?type=category&value_tag=en%3Ababy-foods) 

Help add baby brands

• https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/questions?type=brand&value_tag=hipp
• https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/questions?type=brand&value_tag=bledina
• https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/questions?type=brand&value_tag=babybio
• https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/questions?type=brand&value_tag=good-gout
• https://hunger.openfoodfacts.org/questions?type=brand&value_tag=nestle-bebe

Help complete the ingredients

• [Help complete ingredients for baby foods](https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?action=process&tagtype_0=states&tag_contains_0=contains&tag_0=Ingredients%20to%20be%20completed&tagtype_1=categories&tag_contains_1=contains&tag_1=baby%20foods&tagtype_2=states&tag_contains_2=contains&tag_2=ingredients%20photo%20selected&sort_by=unique_scans_n&page_size=20)
• Ask baby food producers to contribute data about their products to Open Food Facts
• Identify and review imports of data from CodeOnline for baby food producers

• Bledina

Testimonials by Young mothers

• Testimonial by J. - French mother : "Ce qui m'intéressait surtout c'était de connaitre avec certitude les labellisations  (Agriculture bio, etc) et la composition (Ca permet de voir les étiquettes sans avoir le produit en main grâce aux contributeurs qui ajoutent les photos) Du coup ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"

Marketing

• Yearly day: Baby day: May 2nd.

Guidelines per country

France

there are clear guidelines on food to avoid, even up to 3 year old in France

• https://www.ameli.fr/assure/sante/themes/alimentation-0-3-ans
• https://www.ameli.fr/assure/sante/themes/alimentation-0-3-ans/repas-equilibres-repartis
• https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/determinants-de-sante/nutrition-et-activite-physique/documents/brochure/pas-a-pas-votre-enfant-mange-comme-un-grand
• https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/presse/2021/sante-publique-france-accompagne-les-parents-pour-prendre-en-main-les-nouvelles-recommandations-sur-la-diversification-alimentaire-des-tout-petits#:~:text=Ne%20pas%20h%C3%A9siter%20%C3%A0%20proposer,possible%20et%20de%20mani%C3%A8re%20limit%C3%A9e

United Kingdom

• https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/08/ultra-processed-food-baby-toddler-health-risks-report
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11283959/Eating-crisps-pregnancy-increase-chances-children-overweight.html (05/10/2022 - "Junk food warning for mothers-to-be: Pregnant women who overindulge in ultraprocessed foods 'are a QUARTER more likely to have an obese child'" [EN])