Instructions for a scan party: the objective, how to organise it, the resources at your disposal, we tell you all about it! By the way, what is a “scan party”? It’s participatory science in action! More concretely, it is the participatory collection + entry of food products data on the largest open food database in …
Who are you and how do you contribute to Open Food Facts? I’m Marie, a French former board member, contributing to Open Food Facts since 2017. I add products if they’re not already in the database, complete their page with data, pictures…, help various projects if my abilities allow me to (Green-Score, packaging and many …
What are Open Source and Open Data?
Open Source refers to software that guarantees certain rights to users: freedom to see the source code and study it, to use it for any useful purpose, to modify it to adapt it to other uses and to share it with others. Open Data is the equivalent of Open Source for data, which is also guaranteed to be accessible to all, modifiable and shareable. These are the two pillars that make it possible to build digital commons that are open to all. Open Food Facts is one of the digital public goods recognised by the UN.
In the first part of this Nutri-Sight blogpost series, we introduced Nutri-Sight, our AI-powered solution developed thanks to the DRG4Food programme, designed to tackle the monumental task of extracting nutrition facts from food packaging images, at Open Food Facts scale. This technology is a game-changer for populating the Open Food Facts database, but its true …
Open Food Facts was created with a simple principle: Food information is a matter of public interest, and it must remain accessible to all. In fact, it plays a central role in public health, environmental sustainability, and individual decision-making. To serve this purpose, Open Food Facts is both independent and open. Who is behind Open …
📬 SAVE THE DATEOur annual community gathering Open Food Facts Days 2025 will take place on the 13-14th September 2025. We hope that many of you will take part in this unique time dedicated to our community. 📍in Paris, France What are you in for ? ✅ Meeting Open Food Facts members from different countries✅ …
Open Prices second community challenge concluded this week. We’re happy to announce that near 500 prices of Eggs were added by contributors during the last month. Voir en plein écran Some quick stats on the challenge: 477 prices, 26 contributors, 279 different products, ~20% of eggs were chocolate and the most expensive egg cost 18€ (chocolate, not ostrich). This …
Have you ever looked at a food label and seen a long list of unfamiliar ingredients? Many of those are food additives. From soft drinks to salad dressings, food additives are nearly everywhere in our modern diets. Let’s break it down together. What are food additives? Food additives are substances added to food products for …
At Open Food Facts, we are always excited to see our tools used to empower people toward better food choices. That’s what happened recently in Guyane during a Scan Party organised by the Mutualité Française Guyane (MFG) at the Local Mission of Centre-Est Savanes. This event was part two of a workshop series dedicated to …
Last week, we hosted our very first webinar aimed at researchers, students and academics to present how Open Food Facts can support scientific research. 👉 On the agenda: 1. Introduction to Open Food Facts2. Exploring and making the most of Open Food Facts data >> Overview of the available data>> Examples of research studies based …
We hope you had a wonderful spring! For those who missed our last newsletter on May 8, 2025, we have plenty to tell you about what’s happening within the Open Food Facts community. But first, here are two events not to be missed: 🗓️ in May 20 May from 14h to 15h (Europe/Paris timezone) Our …
