I have created an app that allows to scan barcode and get the origin of the brands (with information about parent holding company if any). It also suggest EU alternatives for the product scanned.
There is already more than 1.1m product in the databases and 140k brands (out of 150k) analyzed. The analysis is made by automatic crawlers, so there might get issue regarding that, do not hesitate to report it. Data are coming from the great OpenFoodFacts database.
Currently there is no iOS one, I might create one if people are interested in the app (as App Store pricing is high, I prefer to check if people like the app before paying the fee). EDIT:As a few people is requesting it and are interested, I will proceed to App Store submission for iOS version and pay the required fee. I will keep people informed about that. It should take a few days, the time I get a mac, release app and going through the validation process of Apple (it takes 48hr according to internet, so let's see if it's that fast).
I will publish a web version soon that will allow to use the app without installing it (either android or iOS).
Enjoy ! 🇪🇺
EDIT: Some more information. Cosmetic products are also available on it, but database is quite limited currently and brand crawling has just started. I plan to expand database in upcoming days.
Scanned some random stuff around the house. I find the EU-centric thing a bit odd:
Norway was still in Europe last time I checked. It shouldn't have a big warning for European companies that aren't EU members. Sure; word it differently if you like, but don't dissuade from supporting European companies just because they aren't EU members.
You are right, I was too EU-centric on the first release.
You are not the first to raise the point, I will update that "asap" (in quote because it's a side project that I do on my spare time, so... but you can expect it for the week-end, if I am not slowed down by the Google process to publish an update).
Very good point
I updated the app, EEA is now displayed in green.
Thank you, and welcome to Lemmy! Feel free if you have any question.
You can make a dedicated post to announce the new release of the app, and the fact that the EEA is now green. It would get much more visibility than our comments here
Thank you!
I am in the process to add application to iOS, I might make a new post after it has been validated and I got few feedbacks from it
Amazing, looking forward to it!
And what about those European countries which aren't in EU or EEA...?
Maybe you need a geographic location identifier underneath with some colour coding? Green for Europe, Red for USA, Orange for everywhere else.
Sorry for the delay, yes I could add Swiss too.
Problem is where to draw the line.
I plan to add a feature to configure country/region in which you prefer to favor brand origins. Because some people also want to include Canadian product for example so...
I was going to draw the line somewhere between Europe and Asia 🙂. But some sort of customisation of countries/regions sounds like it might be a better approach.
Let's use the EFTA
The European Economic Area (EEA) was set up in 1994 to extend the EU’s provisions on its internal market to the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) countries. The EEA’s parties are Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Switzerland is a member of EFTA
Sorry for the delay, yes I could add Swiss too.
Problem is where to draw the line.
I plan to add a feature to configure country/region in which you prefer to favor brand origins. Because some people also want to include Canadian product for example so...
