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Credits and sources

Last updated: 3 October 2026

Merryl relies on public data and shared work. Thanks to their authors.

Nutrition data

• Ciqual table: Anses. 2025. Ciqual French food composition table. Published under Etalab's Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0, at ciqual.anses.fr. Merryl computes its nutrition values from this table: they may be rounded, or combined for a recipe.
• Open Food Facts: the products read from their barcode. The database is published under the Open Database License (ODbL), its contents under the Database Contents License, and product photos under CC BY-SA, at openfoodfacts.org.

Recipes

• TheMealDB: part of the recipe catalogue, at themealdb.com.
• Spoonacular: part of the recipe catalogue. Powered by spoonacular.
• Recipes imported from a link or a video belong to their authors: Merryl keeps the link to their source and their creator's name when it is known.

Font and icons

• Instrument Sans: The Instrument Sans Project Authors, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, at github.com/Instrument/instrument-sans.
• Tabler Icons: Paweł Kuna, under the MIT licence, at tabler.io/icons.
• Ionicons: Ionic, under the MIT licence, at ionic.io/ionicons.

Open-source software

Merryl is built with open-source software, including React Native, Expo, .NET and PostgreSQL. Each stays under its own licence, as published by its authors.