Open Food Facts India Database - Dec 2024 Stats 📈

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Based on the last 90 day average (as of 6-Dec-24), about 18 products are being added to the Open Food Facts India Database each day & ~540 in a month.

Guess which Ingredients are the most used among the 11K products (for which details have been added) - Sugar & Salt!

On package labels in India, salt may sometimes be listed as "Iodised salt".

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The Brands (among 2500+ in the database) with currently the highest number of products added are:
  1. Britannia
  2. Amul
  3. Parle 
  4. Cadbury 
  5. Haldiram's 
  6. Sunfeast 
  7. Dabur 
  8. Maggi 
  9. Nestle 
  10. Kellogg's 
The top food categories (among 1713 categories compared to 71111 categories in the overall global database) are:
  1. Biscuits
  2. Snacks 
  3. Beverages 
  4. Breads 
  5. Peanut butters
  6. Potato crisps 
  7. Sweetened beverages 
  8. Instant noodles 
  9. Teas 
  10. Milks 
Check the Open Food Facts Dashboard for India for a quick overview of the completeness and data quality and also see how it compares with the rest of the world.


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