Author: Gala Nafikova

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 …

Help Open Food Facts to continue informing millions of consumers 🍽🥫

As an open data, community based organisation, at Open Food Facts we depend very much on you all to make an impact, and we want to thank you warmly for being part of the project 🙌. Every year, we embark on a new season of fundraising for our non-profit organisation. All help is very welcome. …

Open Food Facts’ India Database Reaches 10K Product Milestone!📈🎉

Post written by an Open Food Facts contributor krishanti. Repost from India Food Stats, article published on September 15, 2024. I’ve been actively contributing to Open Food Facts (OFF) – the Wikipedia of Food & an open-data project focused on food transparency and nutrition since January 2023, participating in both data collection and review. Recently, we’ve hit …

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 …

#PortraitSeries: 10 years of contribution by tacite

Who I am, my contribution to Open Food Facts ? I’ve been contributing to Open Food Facts for 10 years under the pseudonym “Tacite”. Otherwise, in my day-to-day life, I’m an administrative secretary in the north of France and I’m 33. I also try to be useful in other projects like OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia. Favourite …

Open Food Facts Days 2024 this September in Paris

Open Food Facts 2024 – a unique opportunity to promote food transparency as a community! THEY ARE BACK ! On this Olympic year for France 🇫🇷, Open Food Facts will celebrate its champions – the members of its community around the world! We hope you can join us for our community weekend on the 21-22 …

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 …

Open Food Facts & World Environment Day

On this World Environment Day, the Open Food Facts team wanted to celebrate the event!  First, a few details: What is World Environment Day? ☘️ Every year since 1973, the United Nations has organised an annual event to raise public awareness of environmental issues. With climate change and the importance of limiting global warming, every …

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A Scan Party in Cayenne

A “scan party” in Cayenne (French Guyana) for young people from the Local Mission ! A fantastic initiative by Vanessa Izéros, a public health nutritionist. 🔎 If you too would like to organise this type of participatory workshop around food, don’t hesitate to write to us so we can help you organise 😊: gala@openfoodfacts.org Vanessa’s feedback …