Food nutrition information widget

Buffalo_Tree

When searching for nutrition info of foods (ex. "apple nutrition") it would be nice see a widget with nutrition facts where reference data is available.

The USDA provides a free downloadable database or API of common foods here: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/

Example from Google:

yokoffing

Bing's return is above and beyond what's needed: https://www.bing.com/search?q=apple+nutrition

Some may see it as amazing. Others might perceive it as 'busy' (on desktop site).

Buffalo_Tree

yokoffing I appreciate that Google's info is presented like the nutrition label you'd find on products.

Bing's does come across as busy to me. The micronutrient bars seem like wasted space since most foods don't have appreciable amounts. And things like the % calorie yield are mildly interesting but I'm not sure who that info would actually be useful for.

Grooty

yokoffing Jesus Christ Bing, that is amazing lol. I think Kagi should implement more like this, or a middle ground between Google and Bing's results

CitizenEldon

Bing's results are super impressive, though visually very heavy. A comprehensive nutrient label would be useful and cool on the side of Kagi.

We do love a free USDA database to start. If you want to add an additional even more comprehensive database, The University of Minnesota's Nutrition Coordination Center is here http://www.ncc.umn.edu/food-and-nutrient-database. A paid nutrient database is probably not a necessary cost, but could be a nice little upgrade down the line.

goulot_situez

There's also https://world.openfoodfacts.org (free, online and crowdsourced database of food products from around the world licensed under the ODBL while its artwork—uploaded by contributors—is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution–Share Alike license).

kagman

Honestly, this would be an amazing feature to add to Kagi to make it more competitive. It would be cool if people could contribute foods as well.

Vlad

Any thoughts how would this widget be triggered?

kagman

A few ways would make sense to me intuitively. For example

<Food name> nutrition
calories in <food>
macros for <food>
protein in <food>
etc

In my opinion, the whole nutrition label should be shown in each of the results but whatever was asked for should also be stated. Google does this really well.