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+# Snacks dataset
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+This is a dataset of 20 different types of snack foods that accompanies the book [Machine Learning by Tutorials](https://www.raywenderlich.com/books/machine-learning-by-tutorials/v2.0).
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+The images were taken from the [Google Open Images dataset](https://storage.googleapis.com/openimages/web/index.html), release 2017_11. 
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+Number of images in the train/validation/test splits:
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+```nohighlight
+train    4838
+val      955
+test     952
+total    6745
+```
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+Total images in each category:
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+```nohighlight
+apple         350
+banana        350
+cake          349
+candy         349
+carrot        349
+cookie        349
+doughnut      350
+grape         350
+hot dog       350
+ice cream     350
+juice         350
+muffin        348
+orange        349
+pineapple     340
+popcorn       260
+pretzel       204
+salad         350
+strawberry    348
+waffle        350
+watermelon    350
+```
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+To save space in the download, the images were resized so that their smallest side is 256 pixels. All EXIF information was removed.
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+Just like the images from Google Open Images, the snacks dataset is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons license. 
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+The images are listed as having a [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) license. 
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+The annotations are licensed by Google Inc. under a [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license. 
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+The **credits.csv** file contains the original URL, author information and license for each image.