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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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[[Category:Diets]]
 
=== 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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====Should Open Food Facts support diets?====
 
====Should Open Food Facts support diets?====
 
Open Food Facts relies on the information on the labels. Support for diets seems to imply that other information should be folded into Open Food Facts. Which would make diets a derivative project.<br />
 
Open Food Facts relies on the information on the labels. Support for diets seems to imply that other information should be folded into Open Food Facts. Which would make diets a derivative project.<br />
However it might be that generic support for diets is so closely tied to Open Food Facts, that it should be integrated. Or, if Open Food Facts wants to support dietary requirement queries, it might have consequences for implementation of Open Food Facts (think taxonomy).
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However it might be that generic support for diets is so closely tied to Open Food Facts, that it should be integrated. Or, if Open Food Facts wants to support dietary requirement queries, it might have consequences for implementation of Open Food Facts (think taxonomy).</ br>
 
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At the moment Open Food Facts already includes some derived applications, such as comparing and finding Palm-tree based products. So supporting diets is not farfetched.
 
====Diet definition====
 
====Diet definition====
 
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:
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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 ====
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It is possible that a person adheres to multiple diets. For example vegetariansim + non-gmo + organic.
 
====Diet Listings====
 
====Diet Listings====
 
Wikipedia has a very large [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diets listing of Diets]. I am not sure whether they are all relevant for this discussion.
 
Wikipedia has a very large [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diets listing of Diets]. I am not sure whether they are all relevant for this discussion.
Examples of diets are (I just copied some):
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Examples of diets are (I just copied some): [[Buddhist cuisine|Buddhist diet]], [[Edenic diet]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Jainism|Jain]] diets, [[Islamic dietary laws]], [[I-tal]], [[Kosher foods|Kosher diet]], [[Word of Wisdom]], [[Fruitarianism|Fruitarian diet]] [[Lacto vegetarianism]], [[Lacto-ovo vegetarianism]], [[Veganism|Vegan diet]], [[Flexitarianism|Flexitarian diet]], [[Kangatarian]], [[Pescetarianism|Pescetarian diet]], [[Vegetarianism|Plant-based diet]], etc.<br />
* [[Buddhist cuisine|Buddhist diet]]
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* [[Edenic diet]]:
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* [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Jainism|Jain]] diets:
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* [[Islamic dietary laws]]
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* [[I-tal]]
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* [[Kosher foods|Kosher diet]]
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* [[Word of Wisdom]]
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* [[Fruitarianism|Fruitarian diet]]
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* [[Lacto vegetarianism]
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* [[Lacto-ovo vegetarianism]]
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* [[Veganism|Vegan diet]]
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* [[Flexitarianism|Flexitarian diet]]
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* [[Kangatarian]]
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* [[Pescetarianism|Pescetarian diet]]
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* [[Vegetarianism|Plant-based diet]]
   
We have to analyse these diets to see how they are defined and whether they are suitable for support by Open Food Facts.
 
We have to analyse these diets to see how they are defined and whether they are suitable for support by Open Food Facts.
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===Which diets to support?===
 
===Which diets to support?===
 
We need to set some rules to define which diets Open Food Facts could support:
 
We need to set some rules to define which diets Open Food Facts could support:
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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===
====Vegetarianism====
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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:
Rules are defined in [http://www.v-label.info The European Vegetarian Label]:
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* Ingredients created by a specific process - for instance GMO or organic;
* Ovo-vegetarian - contains egg
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* Specific ingredient - for instance the coloring agent Cochinelle, derived from crushing beetles;
* Lacto-Vegetarian - contains milk
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* Ingredient groups - for instance all fats that required the killing of an animal;
* Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarian - contains egg and/or milk
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* Products created by specific processes;
* Vegan - no animal product
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* Product groups created by specific processes.
Strangely these rules do not exclude, but include. However the basic, unspoken rule, in these labels is that nothing should come from dead animals. Interestingly they note that these rules are part of Swiss law. The European Vegetarian has defined [[detailed rules]] to be included. Interestingly these rules also specify animal welfare (no battery eggs) and non-gmo. Also it talks about products used during the product creating, which are not to be found on the productlabel as ingredient.<br />
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There is also a labelling system in India (green/red)<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism</ref>.
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===Already supported===
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===Already supported Diets ===
 
Open Food Facts already support some support for diets.
 
Open Food Facts already support some support for diets.
 
====Allergens====
 
====Allergens====
 
====Labels====
 
====Labels====
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===Implementation thoughts===
 
===Implementation thoughts===
 
Although it is much to early to talk about implementation, I gather some thoughts here.
 
Although it is much to early to talk about implementation, I gather some thoughts here.

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