Localising Intake24 for Brazil

The Brazilian localisation of Intake24 began when a doctoral researcher was looking for free and comprehensive software to collect food recalls. After discovering Intake24 online, the Brazilian team contacted the project through the official website. The Monash University Intake24 team responded and arranged an initial online meeting to discuss the research needs and introduce the platform.

During the meeting, the teams discussed the existing Portuguese (Portugal) version and reviewed the main steps required to adapt Intake24 for Brazilian Portuguese. After several follow-up meetings, a professor joined the project and the team decided to proceed. Two undergraduate nutrition students were then recruited to support the work.

It took approximately one month from the first meeting to the start of localisation. Translation, food-data entry, and correction within Intake24 took about fourteen months. Throughout this process, the Intake24 team provided ongoing guidance, particularly Emma Foster, who shared detailed step-by-step instructions. The project is now moving into validation of Intake24 for use in Brazil.