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Press Release – Open Food Facts expands Eco-Score across the world & calls for international cooperation to turn food pledges into action

Press Release – Paris, Sharm El Sheikh, November 15th 2022 – Open Food Facts expands Eco-Score across the world & calls for international cooperation to turn Food pledges into action  Key points  Paris, Sharm El Sheikh, November 15th 2022 – French non-profit Open Food Facts has expanded the Eco-Score beyond France, to +50 more countries …

Launch of the Eco-Score, the environmental score for food products

In 2015, Open Food Facts was the first to calculate and display the Nutri-Score for all food products. Today, we are proud to be part of the collective of committed actors who are launching Eco-Score, the grade from A to E to assess the impact of food on the environment. The Eco-Score is a continuation …

Highlights from the FOOD2030 Networks Conference in Brussels

Last week, Open Food Facts was in  Brussels for the FOOD2030 Networks Conference on Transformative Food System Innovation. Pierre and our two favorite Belgian ambassadors April and Ben dove headfirst into a 3 days conference to represent Open Food Facts. April & Ben, our Belgian ambassadors, exceptionally studious during the conference. 😉 Hosted by the …

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Zoom on chocolates

❤️🍫 This Valentine’s Day, fall in love with chocolates that are the perfect match for your taste buds!  Thanks to Open Food Facts:   ✔ compare your products,  ✔ identify labels that respect producers and the planet  ✔consult the different scores (Nutri-score, Eco-Score, Nova classification) ✔save your favourites & share with others. Fancy a challenge? …

Open Food Facts at Fosdem 2024

Open Food Facts @ FOSDEM: How Open Source and Open Data have a positive impact on our daily lives

Last weekend, Open Food Facts was at FOSDEM 2024! Anca, Ludo, Alexandre, Pierre and Christian from the Open Food Facts crew got the chance to connect with many European libre lovers on the campus of the University of Brussels.  FOSDEM, standing for Free and Open Source software Developers’ European Meeting, is an annual conference and …

What a year ! A look back at 2023

Dear supporters and community members, 🎅🏻The entire Open Food Facts community wishes you a very happy festive season, and thanks you for being part of the adventure in 2023 with us! Let’s look back at some of our collective accomplishments at Open Food Facts.  1. Community – the heartbeat of this project! The Open Food …

Next Mobile app – results of our co-construction

Over the past several months, our community has been hard at work together, generating ideas, discussing them, giving our opinions through polls – all on the subject of the future of our mobile app.  The aim: how can the app help Open Food Facts have a bigger reach & impact in promoting food transparency around …

Introducing the v4.9.0 of the Open Food Facts app: A Polished Experience!

We are excited to unveil the latest version of the Open Food Facts app, version 4.9.0, available today on Android, and in the next few days on iPhone, iPad, and Windows 11!  This release is a testament to the commitment and relentless hard work of the permanent team as well as our volunteer community. A …

GSoC’22: Insights from a Contributor’s Journey

by Sumit Kashyap (article written on Hashnode.dev) Are you curious about the Google Summer of Code program? Wondering what it’s like to be a contributor to an open-source organization? In this blog post, I’ll be sharing my personal GSoC’22 journey with OpenFoodFacts and answering some basic questions to help you better understand my experience. What …

Using the Open Food Facts app to accompany scientific research – yes we scan 🤳🥫 !

Recently, Sarah E. Nájera Espinosa (Nutrition & Climate researcher and PhD Candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) contacted with Open Food Facts to use the database for her research.  More precisely, Sarah and her team are conducting a survey on the availability of novel plant-based food products sold in the UK. …