Where do the products come from?

From public food data sources, retailer catalogues, price readings taken in store and contributions from the community. Prices themselves are always tied to a shop and a date.

How are products grouped?

By automatic matching on the label, the brand, the size and the image, backed by review from the team and by reports from contributors whenever a grouping is wrong.

What if two products are grouped incorrectly?

You can report it from the app. Every report is reviewed, and the correction then benefits everyone.

The unified product database

One product, one listing

The same yoghurt exists under several barcodes, several labels and several sizes. Without grouping, comparison means nothing. The unified database behind Aukilo gathers these scattered references into single products.

Products

referenced

Nutella 1 kg

6.50 £/kg^*

Nutella 1 kg

6.50 £/kg^*

Nutella 750 g

5.32 £/kg^*

Nutella 825 g

5.69 £/kg^*

Nutella 1 kg

6.50 £/kg^*

Nutella 750 g

5.32 £/kg^*

^* Example of prices recorded in the United Kingdom by the Aukilo community.

The problem: one product, ten spellings

The same product changes barcode with the format, label with the retailer, spelling with whoever typed it in. Put end to end, those gaps produce dozens of listings for a single item, and make any price comparison illusory.

Grouping by product

Aukilo matches these references using the label, the brand, the size and the image, then gathers them under a single listing. The formats stay distinct: that is precisely what makes it possible to compare them per kilo.

What it changes in practice

Once references are grouped, the price per kilo becomes comparable across formats, across retailers and over time. That is the condition for detecting a smaller pack, or a multipack that costs more than the single unit.

Frequently asked questions

Where do the products come from?: From public food data sources, retailer catalogues, price readings taken in store and contributions from the community. Prices themselves are always tied to a shop and a date.
How are products grouped?: By automatic matching on the label, the brand, the size and the image, backed by review from the team and by reports from contributors whenever a grouping is wrong.
What if two products are grouped incorrectly?: You can report it from the app. Every report is reviewed, and the correction then benefits everyone.

Millions of references, one readable comparison

Scan a product to see every format at a glance, and how its price per kilo compares from one shop to the next.

FAQ