Table 2.

Feedback provided on the database during usability testing and the actions for improvement.

Issue	Food Items (Corresponding Food in the Database)	Improvement Actions
Not found—missing item	Salade verte Frites de pomme de terre, maison Cotelette de porc Jus d’orange pressé Chocolat au lait Vin rosé Quiche aux épinards	Food items added
Not found—different name or the name of a food category	Baguette blanche (Pain dit à la française/à l’italienne) Soupe chinoise (Soupe asiatique) Viande (Boeuf; porc; poulet; etc.) Chocolatine (Pain au chocolat)	Food name refined Synonyms added to the database
Not found—too many search results	Mozzarella (Fromage type mozzarella)	Food name refined Food category tags included as a synonym rather than in the main name
Not found—alternate or incorrect	Olives noire (Olive) Olives vertes (Olive) Yaourt (Yogourt) Brocolis (Broccoli) Choux-fleur (Chou-fleur) Oeuf (Œuf) Boeuf (Bœuf) Redbull (Red bull) Pome de terre (Pomme de terre) Iniame (Igname) Pin (Pain) Gato (Gâteau) Musli (Muesli) Ri, ris (Riz) Epinar (Épinard) Conconbre (Concombre) Carote (Carotte) Aricot (Haricot) Ton (Thon) Socisse (Saucisse) Conté (Comté) Piza (Pizza)	Alternate spelling (including variations in accents) added as synonyms Fuzzy logic applied for searches in app coding to allow for slight variations in spelling, accents, punctuation, spaces and plural and singular forms of words
Confusing items	Not knowing what “Lait condensé” was Querying relevancy of baby/infant food “Lait maternel, colostrum, 1er âge, 2eme âge” Querying relevancy of items that would not be consumed raw (e.g., saucisse, crue—sausages raw) Not knowing the difference between pineapples from different countries (e.g., Ananas (d’Australie) vs. Ananas (de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)) Not knowing how foods were cooked or what ingredient was used (e.g., Bœuf, viande hachée: ordinaire, mijotée, égouttée)	Irrelevant items removed Average and merge similar items together to reduce options Food name refined and descriptions simplified