TRLUP Allergen Detection App

For many Canadians with food allergies, knowing what is in their food is important. This project helps by creating an allergen detection app that can process a picture of a product’s ingredient list from the package and then checks for known allergens. The impact of this project is helping tens if not hundreds of thousands of Canadian with various food-based issues such as allergies or intolerances like Celiac. With an app, people would be able to check the items while still at the store and could then buy alternatives that they themselves, a family member or even just a friend can eat rather than getting home only to learn that the person in question can’t eat it.

Faculty Supervisor:

Kate Collins;Sheri Williams

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Nova Scotia Community College

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