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Where does price information come from?
leealexcash
7年前
<h4><strong>Product Pricing</strong></h4>
<p>Hi. Great to see such a comprehensive database of recipes and ingredients. I’m looking forward to using this in my apps.</p>
<p>I do have one question at the moment which is regarding the origin of the pricing data. Is this US data? Where does it come from, and how often is it updated?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p><strong>Lee</strong></p>
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Oh and prices for packaged foods (frozen pizza etc) are updated very frequently (on a daily basis).
Hi Lee,
Thanks for your question. Since we have generic ingredients such as “bananas”, the price data is an average of multiple brands. It is US-based and since it is an average (there are cheap and very expensive organic bananas), we do not update this price data. The prices should give you a good indication of how much a recipe costs. If you show it to users from states where you know that groceries are more expensive, you can use a multiplier.
Best,
David