Where we get data
Free public databases. We don't scrape grocery sites or buy private company lists.
Open Food Facts
Products. Cached about 7 days.
That's the barcode catalog. Name, brand, manufacturers, distributors, and a photo if they have one.
Open Food Facts (ODbL)
Wikidata
Brands and companies. Cached about 14 days.
We search for the brand or company and pull owner, parent, headquarters, and IDs when they're filled in. Coverage is uneven.
Wikidata (CC0)
GLEIF
Legal entities. Cached about 30 days.
Official Legal Entity Identifier records. Legal name, country, and parent companies when they have them.
GLEIF (CC0)
What's missing
- Not every product is in Open Food Facts.
- Not every company has an LEI.
- Wikidata is hit or miss depending on the brand.
- Store brands often list a manufacturer but not who owns the brand.
- We won't call a company independent unless the records actually say that.
If something looks wrong, you can send a correction from the product page. See what we track.