Project:Archeology

Log on Open Food Facts food products that are not sold anymore and were on sale there 5 years, 10 years , 20 years ago. Our Archaeology Project aims to reach or go beyond a 100 years !

Possible uses

Comparison of old products with existing products : ingredients etc. .
Collections
In a thousand years : so that our descendants know what we ate

Team

Stéphane
Agamitsudo (interested in the project)
You ?

Where to find the products (or product photos)

Collectors
Museums (museums of manufacturers for example)
Flea markets ( products such as tins of cakes, teas , etc.).
- Example: https://fr.openfoodfacts.org/produit/3230690108503/galettes-de-pleyben
People who have not been cleaning in their closet for 30 years
Wineries
Wikimedia Commons and other banks of free images
- Not easy to find pictures with ingredient lists etc…
  - front + back: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boite_farine_Salvy_recto.jpg
In the wild !
- In addition it can clean it at the same time :-)
- sardines in tomato red Pompon 1994
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Involve new participants

Collectors
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Categories for the Project

Some sample products

Castle Calmeilh 1974

Development of the project

Run the project with a competition such as "the oldest product", "the oldest product found in a flea market", "the oldest product found in nature," "the oldest product found in a garage", "the oldest product, whose use has been hijacked ( bottle lamp, tin pot pencils, etc. . )
Focus on a particular category to begin with?

Make a list of changes

A product or brand may have logos that evolved (or their visual identities ) .

FR:Projet - Archéologie