Reusing Open Food Facts Data: Difference between revisions

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 Then use the advanced search. The Open Food Facts advanced search feature allows to download selections of the data. See: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl
-When you search is done, you will be able to download the selection in '''CSV or Excel format''', just give a try!
+When your search is done, you will be able to download the selection in '''CSV or Excel format''', just give a try!
 === Looking for the whole database? ===
 The whole database can be downloaded at https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data
-It's very big. Open Food Facts hosts more than 1,200,000 products (as of April 2020). So you will probably need skills to reuse the data.
+It's very big. Open Food Facts hosts more than 1,400,000 products (as of July 2020). So you will probably need skills to reuse the data.
-You'll be able to find there different kinds of data.
+You'll be able to find here different kinds of data.
 ==== The MongoDB daily export ====
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 ==== The CSV daily export ====
-It represents a subset of the database but it is generally fitted to the majority of usages. It's a 2.3GB file (as of April 2020), so it can't be opened by Libre Office or Excel with an 8GB machine.
+It contains all the products, but with a subset of the database fields. [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data/data-fields.txt This subset is very large] and include main characteristics (EAN, name, brand...), many tags (such as categories, origins, labels, packaging...), ingredients and nutrition facts. Thus, it is generally fitted to the majority of usages. It's a 2.3GB file (as of April 2020), so it can't be opened by Libre Office or Excel with an 8GB machine.
 == How to reuse? ==