Re:Open Food Facts – A free food products database
by simonecasc on Saturday January 24, 2015 @01:54PM
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for nutrition research I think http://examine.com is a pretty good resource
Re:Open Food Facts – A free food products database
by cl42 on Saturday January 24, 2015 @02:30PM
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Woah, haven't heard of them before. Thank you!
Re:Open Food Facts – A free food products database
by sandGorgon on Sunday January 25, 2015 @05:00AM
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actually, this was what I wanted to mention as well. Examine has all the right talent in nutrition.... openfoodfacts has the technical talent.
you guys should find a way to collaborate ... or even power the next gen Examine
Re:Open Food Facts – A free food products database
by SoloX5 on Saturday January 24, 2015 @11:13PM
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That's us! Thanks for the kind words :)
Re:Open Food Facts – A free food products database
by sl956 on Sunday January 25, 2015 @04:22PM
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Hello SoloX5. Open Food Facts contributor here.
I absolutely love examine.com. Would any of your data be reusable under some open license or is it a strictly proprietary database?
Re:Open Food Facts – A free food products database
by SoloX5 on Monday January 26, 2015 @10:49AM
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Honestly - we've been meaning to release an API once we get our new backend out. Of course that's been the hiccup - it's been almost ready for far too long :)
Ping me via www.examine.com/contact/ and lets see if we can make it happen.
One "future vision" if I may -- actually tracking, sharing, recommending, etc. nutrition research. I think one of the most painful things for everyone interested in nutrition is actually knowing what the research says about what they need to eat, when, how, etc.
"Future vision squared" would be to personalize nutrition recommendations / advice to each person, but I'm dreaming.