Food Processing. Nutritionix - Simplifying Nutrition. Good Nutrition Data: No Longer Hard To Find? Changing diets and consumer preferences are forcing restaurants and food brands to find ways to share nutrition and ingredient information with their customers.
Also, restaurant chains with 20 or more locations are now required to provide detailed nutrition information on their menus, thanks to a provision upheld in ”Obamacare.” But many don’t have have central databases to easily organize and publish this data. Similarly, startups building recipe, grocery, and restaurant nutrition and discovery tools face major challenges with obtaining accurate consumer packaged good (CPG) data and nutrition data. These startups are forced to clean and restructure data on 7,500 basic items from the USDA’s National Nutrient Database or to license expensive – $100,000+ annually- and often outdated, CPG databases from companies like ESHA, Nutribase, Gladson and FoodFacts. I got a chance to chat with co-founder Matt Silverman about Nutritionix’s business model and their API.
Infographics of the Week: Food Waste Facts. Earlier today I reported on the new Natural Resources Defense Council report examining the areas of the U.S. food supply chain generating the most waste and opportunities for reducing such waste.
The following infographics further break down and visualize variations of staggering food waste data. Which do you think is most effective? The first infographic from Face the Facts USA demonstrates the relationship between waste and hunger. The second infographic from Door To Door Organics explains why food waste is a problem and offers tips for what consumers can do to reduce waste.