Last week, we hosted our very first webinar aimed at researchers, students and academics to present how Open Food Facts can support scientific research. 👉 On the agenda: 1. Introduction to Open Food Facts2. Exploring and making the most of Open Food Facts data >> Overview of the available data>> Examples of research studies based …
The NutriNet-Santé study is a large-scale epidemiological study launched in 2009 in France, aimed at analyzing the links between nutrition, health, and eating behaviors. It relies on the voluntary participation of tens of thousands of “NutriNet users – Nutrinauts” who regularly complete online questionnaires about their diet, lifestyle, and health. The main objectives of NutriNet-Santé …
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 …
On the 7th of April, we celebrate World Health Day, whose theme this year is “My health, my right.” “The WHO Council on the Economics of Health forAll has found that at least 140 countries recognize health as a human right in their constitution. Yet countries are not passing and putting into practice laws to …
📻 🍊 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 …
🎉 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. …
🇫🇷 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 …
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 …
Hello everyone! We’re very excited to announce that Open Food Facts Images is now available on AWS Open Dataset. This opens up many possibilities for machine learning enthusiasts and researchers. Open Food Facts is a non-profit organization on a mission to give people the power to understand and change the impact of food on our …
Recently, Sarah E. Nájera Espinosa (Nutrition & Climate researcher and PhD Candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) contacted with Open Food Facts to use the database for her research. More precisely, Sarah and her team are conducting a survey on the availability of novel plant-based food products sold in the UK. …
