The story
The concept of Bon'App emerged in 2009 when Laurent Adamowicz, a serial entrepreneur and former food industry executive, dreamed of a "food-sniffing phone" while writing a thesis on the socio-cultural anthropology of food at Columbia University in New York City. Bon'App, Inc. is a C corporation that was incorporated in Delaware on May 15, 2010. The app's first release came out as a pilot at the end of October 2011.
The 5th release of the beta version on iTunes came out in March 2012. Version 2.0 of the Android and iOS app was released on May 4 and June 11, 2012, respectively. This version is redesigned with a simpler and more powerful search function.
From Wikipedia’s article on Bon'App, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3