Food Allergies & Intolerances (FAI)

Overview

FDA food-labeling system and a dedicated app to reduce deadly allergic reactions in the U.S.

An FDA regulation system that records the presence of allergens in every food product, restaurant, and food delivery app. With a dedicated app, FAI scans food items and menus with our unified label system to quickly identify potential allergens.

Roles
UI Design, Ideation, UX Research
Team
Rachel Quan, Natalie Leriche, Kimiko Stuhr, Rachel Yun
Duration
Nov–Dec 2024 (1 month)
Tools
Figma, Illustrator
Recognition
2024 Young Ones ADC - Design for Good: Interactive - Merit
2024 Creative Conscience - Digital and Technology - Bronze Winner

Challenge

There are 33 million people in the U.S. grappling with food allergies, and over 2OO,OOO reaction emergency calls made annually.

It’s time to challenge the way we address food allergens.
01 Discover, Define, and Ideate

Empathy Interviews

Allergies impede daily life beyond reactions

We conducted empathy interviews to gain insight on the everyday challenges of living with food allergies in order to pinpoint core user needs.

Userflows

The most useful paths for our users

After noticing common themes in user needs, next step the was ideating the best solutions. We determined that users required greater control over their food when introduced to an unfamiliar store product, restaurant, or when ordering delivery.

02 Design and Development

Solutions

Eat without worry

Upon finalizing our features, we designed the UI of the FAI app, focusing on clarity, identifiability, and ease of use—all important when addressing potential life-threatening allergies.

03 Deliver

Userflows

Identifiable logo that lends to scannability

The scannable FAI logo is made to be sleek and simple for easy identification. Made up of the FDA logo, the unique item code, and an action statement so users know what to do.

Label guidelines

Strict design rules for consumer safety

To create a feasible system, there must be rules and structure to provide consistency and compliance across all food items and manufacturers.

Key Takeaways

Fast and accurate allergen checking through the FDA

Reflection

We made food allergen checking an easier and faster task. With the help of a unified food-label across all food products, there is a regulation system that will keep track of all allergen contaminations. As the FAI app can pull this information from the database, results will be instant and accurate.

Next Steps

Expanding the allergen identification to vending machines, which due to the glass barrier is impossible to view the ingredients without having to looking them up.

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