Generate Nutrition Labels by Scanning PLU Codes

Create a simple table for visualizing basic information about a list of PLU codes which are used worldwide to classify and label produce:

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EntityValue

4186	PRODUCT LOOKUP CODE

,

4521	PRODUCT LOOKUP CODE

,

3283	PRODUCT LOOKUP CODE

,

4582	PRODUCT LOOKUP CODE

,

4093	PRODUCT LOOKUP CODE

,{"Category","Commodity","Variety","Size"},"Dataset"

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Generate a nutrition label for one of the PLU codes:

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Entity"Food","PLUCodes"

4186	PRODUCT LOOKUP CODE

[{"FoodType","NutritionLabel"}]//Column

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banana

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Use

BarcodeRecognize

to read the barcode in an image of a fruit, extracting the tenth through thirteenth digits where the PLU code is found:

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pluCode=StringTakeBarcodeRecognize

,{10,13}

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4053

Look up detailed information about this PLU code, noting that it is for lemons:

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DatasetEntity["PLUCode",pluCode]

PLU properties

,"PropertyAssociation"

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Produce a nutrition label for the barcode in the image:

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Entity["Food",{"PLUCodes"pluCode}][{"FoodType","NutritionLabel"}]//Column

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lemon

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Generate Nutrition Labels by Scanning PLU Codes

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