Food product nutrition and labelling checker

The brief

A consumer group wants to help shoppers pick healthier packaged food. Using an open database of food products, compute a nutrition score, compare products in a category, and flag claims like 'healthy' on products high in sugar or salt. Good looks like: correct nutrition scoring, useful comparisons, and a clear list of questionable claims.

What you will build

1. Download products for a few categories
2. Clean nutrition values and ingredients
3. Compute a nutrition score
4. Flag misleading claims
5. Build a comparison page

Free, open data to build it with

• Open Food Facts ↗ Open Food Facts

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