Changelog
A dated record of data refreshes, corrections, and methodology changes we've made to GetFoodFacts. We list only real, verifiable changes here: see our corrections process if you've spotted something that looks wrong, or our methodology for how the data pipeline works.
Brand directory no longer advertises unreachable URLs
The brand sitemap previously listed all 35,575 brand records, but 11,056 of those (31%) had names too short or malformed to pass our brand-page quality check and redirected away when visited. The sitemap now lists only the 24,519 brand pages that are actually reachable.
Removed duplicate branded-food label revisions from the food catalog
USDA’s Branded Foods dataset contains many near-duplicate entries for the same product (the same label re-submitted across packaging or formulation revisions, one product had 326 separate entries). We now keep the single canonical record per product and route the rest to non-indexed duplicate records, reducing the indexed food catalog from about 836,000 to 281,213 canonical records. No nutrition data changed, only which duplicate copy of a record is treated as the primary page.
Deduplicated fragmented brand listings
Some brand names had been split across multiple brand-summary records due to inconsistent capitalization or punctuation in the source data (for example, the same manufacturer appearing as two separate brand pages). These were merged into single brand records so brand-level counts and highlights aggregate correctly.
Ingested the USDA FoodData Central April 2026 release
Refreshed our full dataset against USDA’s April 2026 FoodData Central release, currently 2,013,644 foods across SR Legacy, Foundation, Survey (FNDDS), and Branded Foods.
Fixed inconsistent data-vintage dates shown across the site
The About page, Methodology page, and homepage had each displayed a different, independently-hardcoded release date for our USDA source data, one of them was more than a year stale. All three now read from a single shared source of truth so they can no longer drift apart.
Fixed an incorrect Vitamin D %DV calculation
A wrong daily-value reference constant caused some food pages to display Vitamin D at up to 10,000% of the Daily Value. The reference value was corrected (800 IU / 20 mcg per FDA guidance); the highest %DV now shown for any nutrient on an affected page is 41%.