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Sources and licences

Every figure on this site comes from an official or open source. Here is each source, what we take from it, its licence and the date of the copy in use.

SourceWhat we useLicenceCopy of
Open Food FactsProduct sheets: names, ingredients, nutrition facts, scores, labels, countries of saleODbL 1.0 · DbCL 1.023 October 2026
Open Food FactsProduct photos (shown from Open Food Facts servers, not copied)CC BY-SA23 October 2026
GS1Barcode prefix ranges and the GS1 organisations that issue themGS123 October 2026
World Food Programme (HDX)Monthly market prices of staple foodsCC BY-IGO19 October 2026
RappelConso (DGCCRF)French product recall noticesLicence Ouverte 2.024 October 2026
openFDA (U.S. FDA)US food recall notices (enforcement reports)CC0 1.024 October 2026
Health Canada / CFIACanadian food recall notices, in English and FrenchOGL – Canada 2.024 October 2026
Food Standards AgencyUK food alerts and product recallsOGL v3.024 October 2026
FAOSTAT (FAO)Consumer price indices for food and for all itemsCC BY 4.020 October 2026
Agribalyse 3.1 (ADEME)Climate impact (kg CO₂e per kg)Licence Ouverte 2.030 June 2026
World Bank — Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)World food commodity pricesCC BY 4.02 October 2026
Food Standards Agency — Approved food establishmentsIdentification mark of the approved establishmentOGL v3.01 October 2026
Food Standards Scotland — Approved establishments registerIdentification mark of the approved establishmentOGL v3.029 September 2026
U.S. FDA — Substances Added to FoodStatus in the United States (FDA)Public domain8 September 2026
WikidataRegionCC0 1.024 October 2026
Eurostat (HICP)Harmonised consumer price indices by food group (Europe)2011/833/EU16 October 2026

Open Food Facts data are under the Open Database Licence (ODbL), individual contents under the Database Contents Licence (DbCL) and photos under CC BY-SA. The database behind this site is a derivative work; it can be downloaded from the data page under the same licence.

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