Open Food Facts Presskit

Get material for compelling stories on food transparency, the scan revolution we're igniting and the importance of creating open commons to foster and sustain a healthy food debate.

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Presskontakter

Vi svarar gärna på alla frågor du kan tänkas ha, vänligen maila oss på press@openfoodfacts.org

Anca Luca

Anca Luca

president of Open Food Facts NGO

Stéphane Gigandet

Stéphane Gigandet

founder of the Open Food Facts association

(+33) 6 88 96 17 49

Pierre Slamich

Pierre Slamich

co-founder of the Open Food Facts association

(+33) 6 02 13 14 57



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Key Facts about Open Food Facts

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Open Food Facts är en databas för livsmedelsinformation som är unik i världen:

  • collaborative : comparable to Wikipedia, it has 60,000 contributors
  • international and no limit to size and products: born in France, it now contains 3,000,000 products in more than 180 countries - 16 countries have more than 1,000 products, 8 more than 8,000
  • fritt återanvändbar (öppna data): dussintals företag, forskare, innovatörer återanvänder fritt data för eget bruk
  • oberoende av jordbruksindustrin och drivs av en förening enligt fransk lag från 1901.

With 300,000 users/month, Open Food Facts has already become, in 11 years only, the reference for food information in several countries. Det stöder forskning och offentlig politik som syftar till en hälsosammare kost.

The 5 major success stories of Open Food Facts?

Creating the first freely reusable global database on food products

More than 700,000 products identified by more than 16,000 contributors. Open Food Facts-data publiceras också på den officiella franska öppna dataportalen, data.gouv.fr.

Informing the general public and professionals

The consumer app is installed on more than 750,000 phones or tablets. Sajten och applikationen används av 100 000 användare/dag och 6 miljoner användare per år.

Promoting nutritional quality indicators

For 3 years, Open Food Facts has been supporting the roll out of Nutri-Score in 5 European countries. I Frankrike har Open Food Facts visat Nutri-Score sedan 2015, innan det blev officiellt. I Spanien och Belgien föregår Open Food Facts även antagandet av Nutri-Score av dessa länder. Open Food Facts also helped bring ultra-processing in the limelight by computing the NOVA classification, and made ecological labelling a reality by computing the Eco-Score at scale.

Creating and maintaining an ecosystem of uses and research

Since its creation, Open Food Facts has developed a real ecosystem of reuse of its data. Eftersom Open Food Facts-data är fritt återanvändbar, har flera informationssajter, nystartade företag, forskningslaboratorier, lärare etc. startat sin verksamhet och/eller använder Open Food Facts-data dagligen: Yuka, Foodvisor, Scaneat, Ya Quoi Dedans (Vad finns inuti) (Super U), Köp eller ej, nopalm.org, Min näringsinformation…

Change the practices of manufacturers

For 2 years, Open Food Facts has helped to change the practices of the food industry; they know and rely on Open Food Facts to compare and improve their products. Många företag kommunicerar spontant data om sina produkter på plattformen: Fleury Michon, Super U, Carrefour, Casino, etc.



Vem använder Open Food Facts data?

Det skulle ta för lång tid att namnge alla organisationer som bygger på Open Food Facts-plattformen.

  • Mer än 100 applikationer för mobiltelefoner som möter behoven hos olika målgrupper: diabetes (VeryDiab), allergier, matbalans via artificiell intelligens (FoodVisor), funktionshinder, med mera. Vår bas tillät också skapandet av Yuka.
  • Många webbplatser: HowMuchSugar.in, MadeNear.me…
  • Data-journalister: Le Mondes Decoders, BFMTV
  • Forskare i närmare 100 vetenskapliga artiklar
  • Matbanker och solidaritetsbutiker: Data For Good-projekt i kontinuiteten i ett pilotprojekt initierat av Franska Röda Korset, integration i kontanthanteringen i ett litet livsmedelskooperativ.
  • Etablerade företag: Terraillon för att förverkliga sina uppkopplade köksvågar.
  • Programmeringsskolor (Simplon, Open Classrooms) har integrerat Open Food Facts som ett motiverande projekt i sin läroplan.

Open Food Facts i siffror

Those numbers might help convey the large, direct and indirect, impact of Open Food Facts

A number of products growing exponentially

products, contributed by volunteers and producers alike

Open Food Facts has more than 1 000 000 products in 182 countries

Number of languages in which Open Food Facts is available.

Open Food Facts, on top of App Store rankings

Number of people directly using our website, Android, iPhone or Windows Phone app to scan barcodes, get informed and contribute pictures of products.

Many apps made possible by Open Food Facts

apps and services enabled by Open Food Facts

Some of the many scientific papers made possible by Open Food Facts

number of scientific papers based or citing Open Food Facts

För alla - Open data

Active contributors that ensure the quality of the Open Food Facts database


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Selected Open Food Facts media appearences


Open Food Facts media mentions

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(In French) Full press review about Open Food Facts

Screenshots of the iPhone and Android version of Open Food Facts

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Eco-Score resources



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