The IOS app Please No Alliums allows the user to scan a food product. It will check the information stored on Open Food Facts. The information obtained from Open Food Facts will be mached agains the no alliums diet.
After scanning a barcode the app will display an assesment screen:
- YELLOW - no negative ingredients listed;
- ORANGE - suspect ingredients listed;
- RED - bad ingredients listed;
- GRAY - the product is not yet listed on Open Food Facts. You can add it there yourself and it will picked up by Please No Alliums;
The no alliums diet consists of the following attributes, which are taken into account to assess a product:
- has no garlic
- ingredients: chives, garlic, leek, onion
- possibly has garlic
- ingredients: herbs, spices