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Can indicate sub-components, that can also sometimes interpret to an E-Number. | Can indicate sub-components, that can also sometimes interpret to an E-Number. | ||
For instance: emulgator (sojalecithine) interprets to E322 | For instance: emulgator (sojalecithine) interprets to E322 | ||
Can indicate percentage if no other data present (e.g. (34%) in which case the parentheses can be ignored. | |||
Can indicate an alternative name, typically indicated as (=alternative name), which can be ignored (alternate names are in the taxonomys), unless perhaps if the original name is not yet known (then report) | |||
=== Percentage === | === Percentage === | ||
Indicates the quantity | Indicates the quantity | ||
Revision as of 17:22, 30 September 2016
This page collects what we know about ingredient parsing.
rietsuiker*, plantaardige olie* (zonnebloem, palm), 13% _hazelnoot_*, 7.5% magere cacaopoeder*, magere _melk_poeder*, emulgator (_soja_lecithine), vanille*. *Van biologische oorsprong.
EU Regulation based parsing
Comma separator
- Ingredients are separated by a comma (,) generally followed by a single space
rietsuiker, plantaardige olie
- They can be separated by other symbols
• Polyquaternium-67 • Propylene Glycol •
Dot
Indicates the end of the ingredients list.
Asterisk(s) at the start of an ingredient
Indicates an annotation for one or more ingredients that have the same number of asterisks at the end. For instance, some items above are indicated as of biological origin
Asterisk(s) at the end of an ingredient
Indicates that this ingredient has an annotation (see above)
Parenthesis
Can indicate sub-components, that can also sometimes interpret to an E-Number. For instance: emulgator (sojalecithine) interprets to E322
Can indicate percentage if no other data present (e.g. (34%) in which case the parentheses can be ignored.
Can indicate an alternative name, typically indicated as (=alternative name), which can be ignored (alternate names are in the taxonomys), unless perhaps if the original name is not yet known (then report)
Percentage
Indicates the quantity
Order
Items are required to be listed in order of largest to smallest quantity
Some examples
- http://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/3760122960121/petits-sables-ronds-et-bons-aux-gouttes-de-chocolat-michel-et-augustin
- http://th.openfoodfacts.org/product/8850487049106/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1
- http://uk.openfoodfacts.org/product/5038862238977/innocent-super-smoothie-antioxidant
- http://jp.openfoodfacts.org/product/4540118002726/%E9%9B%AA%E5%A1%A9%E3%81%A1%E3%82%93%E3%81%99%E3%81%93%E3%81%86
- http://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0000027533048/luxury-christmas-pudding-asda
- http://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4607005408112/72-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0
Links
- http://world.openfoodfacts.org/ingredients (will crash your browser)
- http://world.openfoodfacts.org/files/ingredients.20151117.txt (lighter text version of the above)
- https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T02KVRT1Q-F192GGZE3/download/top500ingredients.xls (normalised Excel version for top 500 of the above)
- Global ingredients taxonomy (Taxonomisation start)
- Wikidata (We could generate a list from Wikidata)
- List of ingredients for multilingual products: http://world.openfoodfacts.org/language/multilingual/ingredients
- http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/labelling_nutrition/labelling_legislation/index_en.htm
- http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/dgs_consultations/food/docs/consult_20150104_allergy-intolerance_guidance.pdf
- http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm2006828.htm