Hello, I’m Monalika, an Outreachy Intern at Open Food Facts for summer 2023. I worked on the producers platform to help improving it to the next level ! What’s your highlight of the project? I’m enticed by the vision of Open Food Facts to promote food transparency and help people make informed choices about what …
📻 🍊 Open Food Facts app demonstrated & its co-founder Pierre interviewed for this insightful radio program ‘The Food Chain’ on BBC World Service. “Have you heard of ultra processed food? In 2010 a group of Brazilian scientists said we should be focusing less on the nutritional content of food, and more on the form of …
Who am I and how do I contribute to Open Food Facts? Hi, I’m Charlotte! I’m a student in Responsible and Humanitarian Management and I joined Open Food Facts in October for a one-year work-study placement! One of my tasks is to help producers import their products onto the professional platform – with an international …
❤️🍫 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? …
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 …
10th February: World’s international day of pulses 🫘🫘🫘 ! Pulses are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for both food and feed. Beans (Phaseolus and Vigna), chickpeas and peas are the most well-known and commonly consumed types of pulses, but there are several varieties more from around the world, all with great benefits on food security, …
We’re happy to announce Open Prices, the first open crowdsourced database of food prices!
The goal is to collect and share prices of food products around the world.
🎉 Exciting news! The Open Food Facts mobile app was featured on BBC Morning Live in a segment on ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Dr Alexander Van Tulleken demonstrated how one can easily spot ultra-processed foods using our app. And you can do it before you actually buy a product, in store, simply by scanning the product’s barcode using the app. …
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 …
On 6 and 7 December, Open Food Facts attended the annual #OSXP2023 event in Paris. The show focuses on open source technologies, solutions and challenges in France and Europe, and highlights the driving role of open source innovations in the digital transformation of organisations. “In a world where digital technology is becoming more pervasive by …
