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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.
| Source | What we use | Licence | Copy of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Food Facts | Product sheets: names, ingredients, nutrition facts, scores, labels, countries of sale | ODbL 1.0 · DbCL 1.0 | 23 October 2026 |
| Open Food Facts | Product photos (shown from Open Food Facts servers, not copied) | CC BY-SA | 23 October 2026 |
| GS1 | Barcode prefix ranges and the GS1 organisations that issue them | GS1 | 23 October 2026 |
| World Food Programme (HDX) | Monthly market prices of staple foods | CC BY-IGO | 19 October 2026 |
| RappelConso (DGCCRF) | French product recall notices | Licence Ouverte 2.0 | 24 October 2026 |
| openFDA (U.S. FDA) | US food recall notices (enforcement reports) | CC0 1.0 | 24 October 2026 |
| Health Canada / CFIA | Canadian food recall notices, in English and French | OGL – Canada 2.0 | 24 October 2026 |
| Food Standards Agency | UK food alerts and product recalls | OGL v3.0 | 24 October 2026 |
| FAOSTAT (FAO) | Consumer price indices for food and for all items | CC BY 4.0 | 20 October 2026 |
| Agribalyse 3.1 (ADEME) | Climate impact (kg CO₂e per kg) | Licence Ouverte 2.0 | 30 June 2026 |
| World Bank — Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet) | World food commodity prices | CC BY 4.0 | 2 October 2026 |
| Food Standards Agency — Approved food establishments | Identification mark of the approved establishment | OGL v3.0 | 1 October 2026 |
| Food Standards Scotland — Approved establishments register | Identification mark of the approved establishment | OGL v3.0 | 29 September 2026 |
| U.S. FDA — Substances Added to Food | Status in the United States (FDA) | Public domain | 8 September 2026 |
| Wikidata | Region | CC0 1.0 | 24 October 2026 |
| Eurostat (HICP) | Harmonised consumer price indices by food group (Europe) | 2011/833/EU | 16 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.