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Sources and licenses
Every figure on this site comes from an official or open source. Here is each source, what we take from it, its license and the date of the copy in use.
| Source | What we use | License | Copy of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Food Facts | Product sheets: names, ingredients, nutrition facts, scores, labels, countries of sale | ODbL 1.0 · DbCL 1.0 | October 23, 2026 |
| Open Food Facts | Product photos (shown from Open Food Facts servers, not copied) | CC BY-SA | October 23, 2026 |
| GS1 | Barcode prefix ranges and the GS1 organisations that issue them | GS1 | October 23, 2026 |
| World Food Programme (HDX) | Monthly market prices of staple foods | CC BY-IGO | October 19, 2026 |
| RappelConso (DGCCRF) | French product recall notices | Licence Ouverte 2.0 | October 24, 2026 |
| openFDA (U.S. FDA) | US food recall notices (enforcement reports) | CC0 1.0 | October 24, 2026 |
| Health Canada / CFIA | Canadian food recall notices, in English and French | OGL – Canada 2.0 | October 24, 2026 |
| Food Standards Agency | UK food alerts and product recalls | OGL v3.0 | October 24, 2026 |
| FAOSTAT (FAO) | Consumer price indices for food and for all items | CC BY 4.0 | October 20, 2026 |
| Agribalyse 3.1 (ADEME) | Climate impact (kg CO₂e per kg) | Licence Ouverte 2.0 | June 30, 2026 |
| USDA FoodData Central (Branded Foods) | Branded food labels in the United States: serving size, nutrients, ingredients | CC0 1.0 | April 30, 2026 |
| World Bank — Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet) | World food commodity prices | CC BY 4.0 | October 2, 2026 |
| Food Standards Agency — Approved food establishments | Identification mark of the approved establishment | OGL v3.0 | October 1, 2026 |
| Food Standards Scotland — Approved establishments register | Identification mark of the approved establishment | OGL v3.0 | September 29, 2026 |
| USDA AMS — Pesticide Data Program (2024 database) | Pesticide residue measurements in U.S. foods (USDA Pesticide Data Program) | Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) | September 23, 2025 |
| Open Prices (Open Food Facts) | Prices reported by shoppers | ODbL 1.0 | October 25, 2026 |
| U.S. FDA — Substances Added to Food | Status in the United States (FDA) | Public domain | September 8, 2026 |
| Wikidata | Region | CC0 1.0 | October 24, 2026 |
| Eurostat (HICP) | Harmonised consumer price indices by food group (Europe) | 2011/833/EU | October 16, 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 license.