Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts is an online collaborative project and database that provides information about food products from around the world. It aims to promote transparency and help consumers make informed choices about the food they buy and consume.

You may be aware of the popular health advice: “Read the nutrition labels” but you can easily be misled as brands try their best to hide nutritional information to help sell products. Open Food Facts become one of the best websites for learning nutrition because it removes the murkiness of food labels by providing nutritional information on food products from all across the globe. Every item is given a Nutri-Score ranging from A to E as well as a whole ingredients list. The score uses the NOVA system, which classifies the level of processing done in different food products. In this way, you can be aware of which foods are most likely to cause damage to your health.

Open Food Facts collects and aggregates data on food products from various sources, including food labels, packaging, and user contributions. The information is crowdsourced, with individuals and volunteers contributing to the database by scanning product barcodes, entering product details, and submitting photos. Users can also search for specific products or browse through categories to access detailed information.

Website: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/