Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts is a collaborative, free and open database of food products from around the world.

Open Food Facts (the Nova 1 graded)

This project is experimental and is simply listing products from the Open Food Facts free data source. Only items under the NOVA 1 and Nutrition Score A grades are selected.

Technology

MERN Stack

Sample data

Download the CSV from here and import the sample data into MongoDB:

mongoimport --db openfood --collection products --type tsv --file openfoodfacts_search.csv --headerline

Development

npm install
cp .env-sample .env
npm run start:dev

Production

See the bundeled version in action

NODE_ENV=production npm start

TODO

• Build an infinite scroll
• Create indexes on the DB
• Display a Dialog
• Display a Drawer
• Refine the search method
• Add a favorite function using the localStorage
• Write a more generic import script
• Deploy on Heroku
• Break into components (w/ Context API)