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[[File:Open Food Facts logo.svg|thumb|right|300px|Open Food Facts logo CC-SA.]]
[[File:Open Food Facts logo.svg|thumb|right|300px|Open Food Facts logo CC-SA.]]


'''Open Food Facts''' ([https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ .org website]), ([https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Main_Page wiki]), ([[w:Open Food Facts|Wikipedia on]]) is an open database and associated app ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openfoodfacts.scanner Android], [https://apps.apple.com/app/open-food-facts/id588797948 iOS], [https://www.microsoft.com/fi-fi/p/openfoodfacts/9nblggh0dkqr?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab Windows Phone]) and webservice of food products initiated in 2012 by French programmer Stéphane Gigandet. It is limited to foodstuffs only by the contract, other will be removed and clearly seeks not to be political.
'''Open Food Facts''' ([https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ .org website]), ([https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Main_Page wiki]), ([[w:Open Food Facts|Wikipedia on]]) is an open database, web app and mobile app ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openfoodfacts.scanner Android], [https://apps.apple.com/app/open-food-facts/id588797948 iOS], [https://www.microsoft.com/fi-fi/p/openfoodfacts/9nblggh0dkqr?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab Windows Phone]) of food products initiated in 2012 by French programmer Stéphane Gigandet. It is limited to foodstuffs only by the contract, other will be removed and clearly seeks not to be political.


The database is [[copyleft]]ed under [[w:Open Database License]], database entries under [https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/ Database Contents License] and the uploaded photos under [[w:Creative Commons license|CC-BY-3.0 Creative Commons]] so the database and the photos can be re-used in other services so it would seem a good place to contribute.
The database is [[copyleft]]ed under [[w:Open Database License]], database entries under [https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/ Database Contents License] and the uploaded photos under [[w:Creative Commons license|CC-BY-3.0 Creative Commons]] so the database and the photos can be re-used in other services so it would seem a good place to contribute.


[[File:Nutri-score-A.svg|thumb|right|240px|[[w:Nutri-score]] is a nutritional grading system adopted by the French government in 2017.]]
[[File:Nutri-score-A.svg|thumb|right|240px|[[w:Nutri-score]] is a nutritional grading system adopted by the French government in 2017. This is one type of information found in the Open Food Facts database, because it is on the label.]]


Information verification is based on photos of the labeling on the package. Adding information not featured on the label seems to be forbidden, probably to avoid legal threats.
Information verification is based on photos of the labeling on the package. Adding information not featured on the label seems to be forbidden, probably to avoid legal threats.
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