The world is experiencing difficult times on many fronts, including the economic one. As inflation and food shortages drive many households to look for cheaper alternatives, some may have to compromise on health. Transparency on food products still has a way to go. We’ve seen with the wave of shrinkflation or in the recent study …
Community is at the heart of Open Food Facts. The project that benefits millions of people across the world relies greatly on the effort of passionate contributors, volunteering their time and skills to grow the food database each and every day ! One of the goals of Open Food Facts is to see communities thrive …
Highlight of the year Our community weekend took place last weekend (21 & 22 October) – and it was a truly memorable time! In the heart of Paris We were fortunate to meet once again at the Académie du Climat in Paris. This year, the Hall of Festivities (la Salle des Fêtes) was made available …
🇫🇷 Open Food Facts & research 👩🔬 Another example of our open food database at the service of science. The following study by French researchers from the NutriNet-Santé cohort of the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN) found positive associations between the risk of CVD (cardiovascular disease) and the consumption of five individual emulsifiers and two …
Open Food Facts is, to our knowledge, the most important Food Open Database. With close to 3 Million products it might not be easy to find relevant information! The project began with quite good search capabilities, offering a lot of aggregations to explore the database, graphics and advanced search capabilities (did you ever explore it?). …
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 …
Open Food Facts was highlighted by Rachel Dixon in the Guardian magazine. Learn more about the Nova score, devised by Professor Carlos Monteiro, & use our free app or website to find out how processed are your favorite food products. Open Food Facts has been displaying the Nova score since 2018. Read full article here
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of October 2023 in Paris, France Each year, we dedicate a weekend to the Open Food Facts community and it is a very special time. Why ? First of all, because Open Food Facts wouldn’t exist without its community members, in various corners of the world, who …
🎼 “No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – Booker T. Washington We are coming to the last push in our exploration as a community to define the next direction for the Open Food Facts mobile app 📱✨ We are almost there thanks to our combined efforts ! 👏 Throughout …
Last year, to mark the 10th anniversary of Open Food Facts, we launched our new mobile app on Android and iOS. Completely redesigned, it’s more fun, personalised and ready to welcome new features as part of our “One million users for the Open Food Facts mobile app” co-construction. As a result, since 2022, the app …
