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The '''majority of product codes''' are following EAN-13 standard, and, as such, are '''13 chars length'''.
 
The '''majority of product codes''' are following EAN-13 standard, and, as such, are '''13 chars length'''.
  
As of 2022-04-06, Open Food Facts contains more than 12,000 products (~0.5%) with a barcode longer than 13 chars.
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As of 2022-04-06, Open Food Facts contains '''more than 12,000 products''' (~0.5%) with a barcode longer than 13 chars.
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* The majority of barcodes with 20 numbers are products prepared, packaged and sold by Bonarea (cheese, meat, fruits, etc.); eg. https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?search_terms=Queso+de+mezcla+semicirado&search_simple=1&action=process&json=1; these barcodes are true barcodes and not a data issue, as can be seen on [https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/008/348/031/00320002774/front_es.3.400.jpg this picture].
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** They are beginning with 00.
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** Price seems to be included in the barcode: in [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/00162403200322003538/queso-oveja-curado 00162403200322003538], the price, €3.53, is included just before the last digit.
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** ~7500+ products
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* 20+ are beginning with 0105400141
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* [to be completed]
  
 
Open Food Facts website '''can't display''' a product with a barcode longer than '''24''' chars.
 
Open Food Facts website '''can't display''' a product with a barcode longer than '''24''' chars.

Revision as of 08:53, 7 April 2022

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Barcode length

The majority of product codes are following EAN-13 standard, and, as such, are 13 chars length.

As of 2022-04-06, Open Food Facts contains more than 12,000 products (~0.5%) with a barcode longer than 13 chars.

Open Food Facts website can't display a product with a barcode longer than 24 chars.

All things barcode

Barcode related pages on Open Food Facts

News

  • Wikidata is adding support for GS1 country prefixes

Roadmap

  • Features and bugs to work on
  • Adding APIs for mobile scanning apps
    • Get country suggestions
    • Get Manufacturer Code suggestions
    • Get Product Code suggestions
    • Get barcode API
    • Generate barcode SVG

See also