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Press Release – Open Food Facts expands Eco-Score across the world & calls for international cooperation to turn food pledges into action

Press Release – Paris, Sharm El Sheikh, November 15th 2022 – Open Food Facts expands Eco-Score across the world & calls for international cooperation to turn Food pledges into action  Key points  Paris, Sharm El Sheikh, November 15th 2022 – French non-profit Open Food Facts has expanded the Eco-Score beyond France, to +50 more countries …

Launch of the Eco-Score, the environmental score for food products

In 2015, Open Food Facts was the first to calculate and display the Nutri-Score for all food products. Today, we are proud to be part of the collective of committed actors who are launching Eco-Score, the grade from A to E to assess the impact of food on the environment. The Eco-Score is a continuation …

A researcher’s story: how I used Open Food Facts for my research

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 …

Testimonial from an anti-waste manufacturer: when transparency benefits everyone!

At Open Food Facts, we work with all kinds of audiences: consumers, researchers, mobile applications but also food manufacturers. We developed the Pro platform 3 years ago to empower food manufacturers in updating their food data, and to offer them free tools for analysing their product portfolio, and in particular to enable them to identify …

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Sustainable Gastronomy Day – 18th June

What ? Gastronomy is sometimes called the art of food. It can also refer to a style of cooking from a particular region. In other words, gastronomy often refers to local food and cuisine.  Sustainability is the idea that something (e.g. agriculture, fishing or even preparation of food) is done in a way that is …

Open Food Facts & World Environment Day

On this World Environment Day, the Open Food Facts team wanted to celebrate the event!  First, a few details: What is World Environment Day? ☘️ Every year since 1973, the United Nations has organised an annual event to raise public awareness of environmental issues. With climate change and the importance of limiting global warming, every …

Highlights from the FOOD2030 Networks Conference in Brussels

Last week, Open Food Facts was in  Brussels for the FOOD2030 Networks Conference on Transformative Food System Innovation. Pierre and our two favorite Belgian ambassadors April and Ben dove headfirst into a 3 days conference to represent Open Food Facts. April & Ben, our Belgian ambassadors, exceptionally studious during the conference. 😉 Hosted by the …

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Zoom on chocolates

❤️🍫 This Valentine’s Day, fall in love with chocolates that are the perfect match for your taste buds!  Thanks to Open Food Facts:   ✔ compare your products,  ✔ identify labels that respect producers and the planet  ✔consult the different scores (Nutri-score, Eco-Score, Nova classification) ✔save your favourites & share with others. Fancy a challenge? …

Open Food Facts at Fosdem 2024

Open Food Facts @ FOSDEM: How Open Source and Open Data have a positive impact on our daily lives

Last weekend, Open Food Facts was at FOSDEM 2024! Anca, Ludo, Alexandre, Pierre and Christian from the Open Food Facts crew got the chance to connect with many European libre lovers on the campus of the University of Brussels.  FOSDEM, standing for Free and Open Source software Developers’ European Meeting, is an annual conference and …

What a year ! A look back at 2023

Dear supporters and community members, 🎅🏻The entire Open Food Facts community wishes you a very happy festive season, and thanks you for being part of the adventure in 2023 with us! Let’s look back at some of our collective accomplishments at Open Food Facts.  1. Community – the heartbeat of this project! The Open Food …