Tortoise Media’s Better Food Index has used data from Open Food Facts to reveal that 7 out of 10 products collected to represent the UK’s top 30 food producers are “ultra-processed”. This matters because ultra-processed foods – which contain additives to make them taste better and last longer – have been linked to over-consumption and …
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 …
The CIBUS After Germany, the next stop is Italy 🍕 for the Open Food Facts team!From March 29th to 30th, we were in Parma, Italy to take part in the CIBUS: an international food fair in which Italian gastronomy and terroir are in the spotlight. This was an opportunity to meet with producers, distributors and …
Open Food Facts is a non-profit organisation that works for food transparency. But not only that! It is also the largest open source food database in the world! 🌍 (yep!) As an open database, operating under an ODbL (Open Database Licence), we allow different stakeholders to access and reuse the data for various projects. Whether it …
Inaugurated in 2019 with the support of Santé publique France, the Pro platform enables food manufacturers and retailers to share their products’ information with their consumers for free. After the logo, the App and the website, it is the Pro platform’s turn to get a well deserved makeover! It now offers a more ergonomic interface …
Since the late 2000s, a consensus has emerged on the need for environmental labelling of agricultural products. In 2013, the first version of Agribalyse was jointly unveiled by the ADEME (The French Agency for Ecological Transition) and the INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment). Agribalyse ? What is it ? …
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 …
Instructions for a scan party: the objective, how to organise it, the resources at your disposal, we tell you all about it! By the way, what is a “scan party”? It’s participatory science in action! More concretely, it is the participatory collection + entry of food products data on the largest open food database in …
The International Green Week is a must-attend event for the food, agriculture and horticulture industries. It takes place every year in Berlin, Germany, and during ten days, visitors can discover innovations, exchange with producers, taste their products or attend conferences, mostly oriented around sustainable solutions in these sectors. For Open Food Facts, which is always …
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 …
