[Data-modeling] Products with ingredients

[Kirrily Robert]

On 16/06/2009, at 3:51 PM, Alec Flett wrote:
> I know data input is simpler without the CVT, but at the same time
> having "Amount" in some for makes it much easier to query for
> "products which have > 10g dextrose per serving" - you can't do that
> if you just say that the ingredient amounts can only be inferred by
> their index within the product.


But this information is very seldom known, and relies on working with  
a standardised amount of the product.  How much red food colouring is  
there in kool-aid, either by percentage or weight?  We have no idea.   
Let alone what the secret ingredients are in non-food products, other  
than that eg. Brand X Floor Polish contains beeswax because it says so  
on the label.

K.

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