Tahini is sesame: teaching a small open model to spot hidden allergens
This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle What I Built If you sell banana bread at a farmers' market, the law already has opinions about your sticker. In the EU and UK, the 14 major allergens must be emphasised in the ingredient list, usually in bold. In the US, the 9 major allergens need a "Contains:" line. Big brands have food technologists for…
Tahini is sesame, and BoldPrint is a tool designed to help food sellers spot hidden allergens in their recipes. The tool takes a recipe and converts it into a printable label that highlights the 14 major allergens required by EU and UK laws, as well as a nutrition table and Nutri-Score for EU sellers. It works in any language and helps to identify hidden allergens that may not be immediately apparent from the ingredient list.
The developers of BoldPrint built the tool with the goal of making it easy and affordable for small bakers, market stall cooks, and online food sellers to avoid costly mistakes that could lead to recalls or sick customers. The tool uses a mix of synthetic recipes, fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning to improve its accuracy in identifying hidden allergens.
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