This week, Alex and Manon went to Brussels to join the NGI Forum. In a nutshell, NGI is a European funding program developed to foster innovation using open-source technologies towards the Internet of tomorrow. NGI aims to build an Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, including trust, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values …
A few days ago, teams from the Auchan France retail chain joined the list of more than 240 committed manufacturers by sharing detailed information on almost 6,000 food and non-food products on the Open Food Facts platform. We welcome this commitment from Auchan France, which will enable our 3 million or so monthly visitors to …
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 …
Last week, on 16 February 2023, Pierre Slamich (co-founder) and Manon Corneille (Head of International Development) went to The Hague in the Netherlands to attend the conference “Towards a harmonised Ecolabel for food in the EU“. Organised by Wageningen University & Research, the aim of the conference was to bring together the key stakeholders, working …
Starting as a hobby in 2013, Matthias from the south of Germany started a stock tracking app called “Prepper App“. He was bothered that he forgot lots of food that had gone bad. He wished for a stock tracking app, and found nothing suitable in the app store – so he started an app for …
Our special Meat Alternative Challenge is coming to an end! From the 21st of October to the 25th of November, together with Harry Go Vert, we ran a special operation to collect data on Meat Alternatives products in the Netherlands. 🇳🇱 Informing consumers about the emergence of new products Reducing one’s carbon footprint through food is …
For more than 40 years, the SIAL trade fair – Salon International de l’Alimentation – has been one of the world’s largest events for all the players in the food industry. After a four-year absence due to the pandemic, SIAL was back from 15 to 19 October 2022 at the Parc des Expositions de Paris …
