🇫🇷 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
We are excited to unveil the latest version of the Open Food Facts app, version 4.9.0, available today on Android, and in the next few days on iPhone, iPad, and Windows 11! This release is a testament to the commitment and relentless hard work of the permanent team as well as our volunteer community. A …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Last year, we built a whole new mobile app for Open Food Facts. 2 months ago, we mailed you about the collaborative process to imagine its future. A fraction of you have brainstormed hard over the last few weeks to come up with 4 tracks, and associated features 🤩. It’s now time to assess if the ideas the …
