API/Contribute Back

You're using OpenFoodFacts data in your app ? Great ! Did you know you could contribute back using standardized API ? In short, helping OpenFoodFacts is helping your app or service. Make it easy for your user to scan and take pictures of products, or to label them.

Apps contributing back to Open Food Facts

Official apps

• Phonegap apps on Android, Windows Phone, iOS, KindleOS
  • Contributes photos and Name, Brand, Quantity
• Beta Android App (adds a comment)
  • Contributes photos and Name, Brand, Quantity

3rd party apps

• Date Limite >> http://world.openfoodfacts.org/contributor/date-limite-app
  • Contributes photos and basic fields
• Recipe Keep >> http://world.openfoodfacts.org/contributor/recipekeepapp
  • Contributes text fields
• Can I eat this ? >> http://world.openfoodfacts.org/contributor/canieatthis-app
  • Contributes many fields, including ingredients

How to contribute back

For now, you can create a user account for all your contributors.
See how to use the API