For a decade, Open Food Facts has been at the forefront of open food initiatives, empowering individuals to make informed decisions about their diet. Celebrating our 10th anniversary, we’re thrilled to unveil a completely revamped scanning app, designed to connect you with detailed insights on over 3.5 million food products. This innovative tool goes beyond basic nutritional information, offering personalized health and environmental impact assessments with every scan, all while prioritizing your privacy.
Unlock Personalized Food Insights with a Simple Scan
Imagine instantly understanding whether a food product aligns with your dietary needs and ethical values. Open Food Facts makes this a reality. Our app delivers a unique, color-coded feedback system after each scan:
- Green: Indicates the product is a strong match for your pre-set criteria.
- Red: Signals a potential mismatch or issue based on your preferences.
- Gray: Prompts you to contribute more information, such as product photos, to enhance our collective knowledge.
This intuitive system allows for rapid comparisons. Staring at shelves filled with countless options like tomato sauces? In seconds, Open Food Facts provides a tailored comparison, highlighting the nuances within any food category based on the criteria that matter most to you.
Tailor Your Food World: Criteria at Your Fingertips
With Open Food Facts, you are in control. Personalize your food exploration by selecting from a wide array of criteria, including:
- Environment: Evaluate the ecological footprint of your food choices.
- Health: Prioritize your well-being with detailed nutritional breakdowns.
- Additives & Ultra-Processed Foods: Make informed choices about food processing levels and specific additives.
- Specific Nutrients: Focus on elements like salt content for dietary management.
- Allergens: Quickly identify potential allergens for safe shopping.
- Nutri-Score & Eco-Score: Leverage standardized scoring systems for at-a-glance assessments of nutritional quality and environmental impact.
Empowering Healthier Choices & a Sustainable Planet
Open Food Facts is more than just an app; it’s a movement towards open food transparency. We provide clear, science-backed grades to help you navigate the complexities of food labels:
- Nutri-Score (A to E): Instantly assess the nutritional quality of a product, guiding you towards healthier options.
- NOVA Groups (1 to 4): Easily identify and limit consumption of ultra-processed foods (Group 4) for better health outcomes.
- Eco-Score (A to E): Understand the environmental impact of your food, considering factors contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and ecological sustainability.
By choosing products based on these scores, you’re not only making healthier choices for yourself but also supporting a more sustainable food system. Recognizing that food production significantly contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions, Open Food Facts empowers you to be a conscious consumer.
Join the Open Food Revolution: Transparency for Everyone
Open Food Facts operates on a powerful principle: food information should be open and accessible to all. Modeled after the collaborative spirit of Wikipedia, we are a non-profit project driven by a global community of volunteers. This collective effort has fueled the creation of over 150 related apps, including popular names like Yuka and FoodVisor, all benefiting from the open food data we provide.
Contribute to open food transparency by joining our community! If a product is missing from our database, simply contribute photos and data to help generate its Nutri-Score, NOVA group, and Eco-Score. Every contribution strengthens our collective knowledge and empowers better food choices for everyone.
Deciphering Food Labels: Simplified
Forget struggling to understand complex food labels. Open Food Facts deciphers them for you, presenting key information clearly:
- Nutrition: Nutri-Score, detailed nutrients (fat, sugar, fiber, protein, salt, etc.).
- Environment: Eco-Score, carbon footprint (CO2 emissions), packaging details and recycling guidance, environmental labels, and ingredient origins.
- Other Information: Brands, allergens, dietary labels (vegan, gluten-free, halal, etc.), traceability details, and even alcohol content for wines and beers.
- Price Tracking: We even collect price data to monitor trends like shrinkflation and inflation, adding another layer of open food insights.
Our grading systems are rigorously science-based, partnering with leading research institutions like the team behind Nutri-Score and Professor Monteiro’s NOVA groups. We rely on peer-reviewed science and collaborate with global research teams, ensuring the information you receive is trustworthy and benefits scientific advancement.
Your Food, Your Data: Privacy First
Open Food Facts respects your privacy. You can use the app completely anonymously. Your personal food data remains yours and is never transmitted online, ensuring a privacy-friendly experience while exploring the world of open food.
Allergen Alerts: Shop with Confidence
Manage allergies with ease. Set up personalized allergen alerts for common allergens like milk, gluten, eggs, soy, nuts, and more. Open Food Facts provides an initial screening to speed up your shopping, helping you quickly identify potentially unsuitable products. However, always double-check packaging information to ensure 100% accuracy and safety.
Beyond Food: Expanding the Open Facts Universe
Open Food Facts extends beyond just food, also working with cosmetics, pet food, and more, aiming to bring open transparency to a wider range of consumer products. We also enable users to contribute price information, further enriching our open food database.
Explore the web version at https://world.openfoodfacts.org and join the open food movement today! For questions or feedback, contact us at [email protected].
