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“Tackling Food Packaging operation” in the spotlight near Poitiers, France

As you may already know, this year Open Food Facts went big on the “Tackling Food Packaging operation”, a project aimed at collecting as much data as possible on food packaging for better understanding. Find out all about the Tackling Food Packaging operation. To mark the European Week for Waste Reduction, Olivier Coacolo, a key …

Data on over 10,000 packagings to explore!

As you may already know, Open Food Facts and ADEME have been working hand in hand since December 2022 on the “Tackling food Packaging” campaign. The aim? To collect as much data as possible on food packaging in order to reduce its impact on the environment and encourage more sustainable practices. ♻️ After several months …

Feedback from people who are weighing in on the Tackling Packaging operation 🏋️

On 12th of January, we launched a special operation on food packaging with a press conference and a citizen workshop (or a scan party as we like to call it) at the Climate Academy in Paris. This initiative is supported by the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME).  Read more about this day:  Article Open …

Join the “Tackling Food Packaging” operation !

Join the “Tackling Food Packaging” operation ! #TacklingPackaging What drives the project? Food packaging is part of French people’s daily lives, providing many services but also generating numerous environmental impacts, which companies and consumers are more and more aware of.Thus, 29% of French citizens consider that waste management is one of the most worrying environmental …

Open Food Facts and the ADEME Agency launched the “Tackling Food Packaging!” project

Press documents:🗂️ Press kit 🗞️ Press release 📽️ Video recordings of the launch day, on January 12th (program down below) FR only📊 Slides presented by Vincent Colomb, ADEME FR only📊 Slides presented by Pierre Slamich, Open Food Facts FR only The “Tackling Food Packaging” project Open Food Facts will collect very precise information on each …

Open Food Facts and the ADEME agency launched the “Tackling Food Packaging!” project

What drives the project?   Food packaging is part of French people’s daily lives, providing many services but also generating numerous environmental impacts, which companies and consumers are more and more aware of. Thus, 29% of French citizens consider that waste management is one of the most worrying environmental issues (source: Déchets chiffres-clés L’essentiel 2021 …

A researcher’s story: how I used Open Food Facts for my research

Presentation Dr. Aulesa, PhD, Emeritus of Biochemistry at Valle de Hebrón Hospital, Barcelona (Spain), and author/co-author of 98 publications (ResearchGate.net). Upon becoming emeritus, I found more time to dedicate to one of my hobbies: nutrition. I am convinced that food is the main medicine for humans. As a biochemist, I have always been interested in …

A look back @ Open Food Facts Days 2024

It’s been a few months that we have been excitedly waiting to meet together as a community again !  Although we are hoping to not do our annual weekends only in Paris or France, we were able to secure the same venue – the Académie du Climat, free of charge, thanks to the city of …

Food Transparency in the Palm of Your Hand: Explore the Largest Open Food Database using DuckDB 🦆X🍊

What if I told you that you could access any information about the food industry at your fingertips? For free? A database containing products from all over the world, completely open access? This database exists and is provided by Open Food Facts, a non-profit organization with the mission to make food consumption transparent. With over 3 …

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Sustainable Gastronomy Day – 18th June

What ? Gastronomy is sometimes called the art of food. It can also refer to a style of cooking from a particular region. In other words, gastronomy often refers to local food and cuisine.  Sustainability is the idea that something (e.g. agriculture, fishing or even preparation of food) is done in a way that is …