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Add Ingredients field + substances and traces enhancement
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See [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+quantity+label%3Aquantity issues related to <code>quantity</code>]. | See [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+quantity+label%3Aquantity issues related to <code>quantity</code>]. | ||
==== Ingredients ==== | |||
This field lists the ingredients of the product. This field is '''one of the most important''' as it is used for: | |||
* Nova calculation | |||
* Nutri-Score calculation: it is used to calculate the proportion of fruit and nuts | |||
* evaluation of some food preferences such as vegetarians, vegans, etc. | |||
* automatic identification of allergens (both substances and traces, see below) | |||
* etc. | |||
Thanks to automatic Optical Characters Recognition (OCR), this field can be filled by softwares. But OCR is not always good, and you should always verify the result. | |||
In the database, this field is called <code>ingredients_[country code]</code>. | |||
See [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+ingredients+label%3Aingredients issues related to <code>ingredients</code>]. | |||
==== Substances or products causing allergies or intolerances ==== | ==== Substances or products causing allergies or intolerances ==== | ||
The substances are ingredients that are actually in the product, which could cause common allergies. | The substances are ingredients that are actually in the product, which could cause common allergies. This field can be filled by hand, but is also completed by automatic ingredients analysis. | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
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==== Traces ==== | ==== Traces ==== | ||
The traces are ingredients which are not used for the product itself but lay in the factory or the production process: the product might contains traces of these ingredients. Traces are really important if you are allergic. | The traces are ingredients which are not used for the product itself but lay in the factory or the production process: the product might contains traces of these ingredients. Traces are really important if you are allergic. | ||
This field can be filled by hand, but is also completed by automatic ingredients analysis. | |||
Examples: | Examples: | ||