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[Mikeyj]

You're right Aleph13...one could be, for example, a wok, and the other three ingredients.

I think the recipe is going to be something simple, like cheese bread, pickle and a grill...hey presto, cheese on toast (with pickle). What could you cook suggests to me that there's going to be more than one thing possible from those ingredients.

Another possibility is that the ingredients aren't exhaustive, but suggest a certain classic dish, like olives, anchovies, eggs and lettuce = Salad Nicoise.

This is all pointless conjecture isn't it? No e-mail from GS1 waiting for me this morning, and now Ive made myself hungry (there's no 'hungry' emoticon...I'll have to be satisfied with 'I could eat a )

[PsychoFox]

I couldn't figure out what they are, but the top-right one gives me a kick-ass character on my old barcode battler!!

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[oliverkeers13]

Nice first post, it's good to start without being too uptight about posting, but don't post-whore!

[doublecross]

The M .... S one might be from UK chain Marks & Spencer? Can't think of what W .... G might stand for, though - Walmart Group?

[Mikeyj]

Not sure that that's how the company codes work. Check out the link to the GS1 site I posted above. With the EAN-13 (the two long barcodes) the country is indicated by the first three digits (not including the lettering) and then the company can be assigned a number after that.

I've not received a reply or acknowledgement from GS1 UK (despite the fact that they "love receiving enquiries"). Will bug them some more, but probably not til next week now. If anyone else wants to try them in the meantime feel free.

[step]

I found the company for the UK EAN-13 barcode via the GS1-UK site using the Quick Links combo and selecting Number Search

[Mikeyj]

That's weird...I found this earlier (see above) and rang Hoo Hing giving them the barcode, and they said they didn't have it on their system. Either I cocked up or they did. ATM the former is far more likely.

Definitely worth checking out in person if anyone's able to, and looks like some definitely going to be something stirfry-ish...

Have you had any luck with the others step?

[doublecross]

I visited a Marks & Spencer today, although unfortunately I didn't have a note of the barcode in question, I can report that *all* M&S food products have the format

M <four digits> <three digits> S

So I would say it is definitely from M&S. I hope to return to check the barcode in question later.

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[neophoenix]

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[doublecross]

I wasn't really expecting it to be brute force, that was just a (weak) joke, but thanks for the reassurance!

[oliverkeers13]

I think that the answer is (as I suggested earlier) stir fry. From Hoo HIng (oriental supermarket), and Beansprouts, it is probably eastern food, and stir fry is the only thing i can think of with beansprouts with that many ingredients (besides noodles in various varieties)

[tanner]

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After doublecross figuring out the M-S barcode, I did some digging and found a possible origin for the W-G EAN-8 barcode:

Westminster Grocery
Address: 12 Vincent Street, London , SW1P 4HB
Telephone: 020 7834 1675

As mentioned previously the number system from the barcode, 22, represents an in-store number and hence is not available for lookup on-line so someone would have to visit the store to verify if they do indeed use this barcode format on their products.

Still no luck on the Singapore barcode. The naming authority can be found at http://www.sanc.org.sg/. I've tried using that site, http://www.nepc.gs1.org.sg/ and http://www.gepir.org/client.htm. I think the best option at this point is for someone to visit a store that is known to sell products from Singapore and have them look it up.