Become an Open Food Facts patron
Every month, we serve 8 million visitors, and many times that through the API. Your support is essential to:
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keep Open Food Facts open & available to all,
- support infrastructure, the website, mobile app and API with a small permanent team
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remain independent of the food industry,
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support the community
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support science
Partners of Open Food Facts
Building the food transparency commons together
Open Food Facts is a citizen project of general interest, built by tens of thousands of volunteers worldwide who believe everyone has the right to know what's in their food. Since 2012, we've grown from a small community project into a global database used by millions of people and thousands of apps and research projects—all while maintaining our independence and commitment to the common good.
Our independence: A cornerstone of trust
We are strictly independent from the food industry. To ensure we remain an unbiased source of information, we do not accept any financial support from companies or foundations connected to the food industry. This independence is not negotiable—it's what allows us to provide objective, transparent information that truly serves the public interest, free from commercial influence or conflicts of interest.
While we refuse industry funding, we warmly welcome collaboration with food producers who want to contribute to transparency by automatically integrating data and photos of their products into our open database. Transparency benefits everyone: consumers, honest producers, and public health.
Every contributor is a partner
You are a partner of Open Food Facts. Whether you've scanned a single product, made a monthly donation of 2 euros, or contributed code to our platform—you are part of this collective effort. Open Food Facts belongs to everyone who contributes to it. Each individual donor, each volunteer, each person sharing their time or resources is a true partner in building this commons for food transparency.
Our funding model reflects our values: we grow through individual donations and grants from public institutions and foundations committed to the common good. This community-based support ensures we remain accountable to citizens, not to corporate interests.
Funding the commons vs. project-by-project funding
Most of our financial support comes in the form of project-specific grants—funding designated for particular developments like our mobile app, environmental or health impact, or advanced search features. While these targeted grants are valuable and allow us to achieve important milestones, they don't cover the day-to-day costs of running a living, growing commons.
The infrastructure that supports millions of users (servers, databases, maintenance, community support…) requires stable, unrestricted funding. This is where individual donations make all the difference. When you donate to Open Food Facts without restrictions, you help us keep the lights on, respond to urgent needs, and invest in the long-term sustainability of this shared resource.
Think of it this way: project grants build new features, but general contributions maintain the foundation. Both are essential, and both make you a valued partner in our mission.
A big thank you to all our partners!
From individual citizens contributing a few euros each month, to foundations supporting ambitious development projects, to public institutions championing transparency—every partner plays a vital role. Together, we're building something that belongs to everyone and serves the common good.
Contact us if you also want to support our action!
Fejlesztés
Az Open Food Facts adatbázis és mobilalkalmazás fejlesztése a francia közegészségügyi hivatal Santé publique France anyagi támogatásával valósul meg.
Az Eco-Score nemzetközivé tételét és kiterjesztését, valamint az új Open Food Facts mobilalkalmazás fejlesztését a Google.org támogatja a Google Impact Challenge for Climate és a Google Fellowship programjain keresztül.
28-5-2021: Open Food Facts laureate of the Google Fellowship and the Google Impact Challenge for Climate
The development of the new Open Food Facts cross-platform mobile application is sponsored thanks to the generous award of the Ford Foundation and Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS), with the support of Open Collective.
A személyes adatokat tiszteletben tartó, személyre szabott, egészségesebb termék javaslatokat nyújtó, többplatformos Open Food Facts mobil alkalmazás a NLNet Alapítvány és az Európai Únió támogatásának köszönhetően valósul meg.
A Folksonomy Engine projekt fejlesztése - amely sokak számára még hasznosabbá teszi az Open Food Facts-et - a NLNet Alapítvány és az Európai Unió támogatásának köszönhetően valósulhat meg.
Az Open Food Facts fejlett keresési képességeinek fejlesztését, beleértve a Search-a-licious keresőmotort, a személyre szabott keresési funkciókat és a Folksonomy Engine projektet, az NLNet Alapítvány és az Európai Unió NGI Search programjatámogatja.
Ezek a fejlesztések gyorsabb, relevánsabb és többnyelvű keresési lehetőségeket tesznek lehetővé, miközben védik a felhasználók adatait.
The backend of the Open Food Facts database, web site and API is written in the Perl programming language, and part of the development is supported by The Perl Foundation .
Webtárhely és technikai infrastruktúra
The site and the Open Food Facts database are hosted on servers generously provided by the Free Foundation .
10-9-2018: 2 new servers to host Open Food Facts thanks to the Free Foundation
Mesterséges intelligencia algoritmusok és számos Open Food Facts projekt fut a OVHcloud által nagylelkűen biztosított szervereken.
Az Open Food Facts pénzügyi támogatást kapott az Európai Bizottságtól és a DRG4Food programtól a NutriSight fejlesztéséhez, amely egy olyan technológia, amely automatikusan kinyeri a tápértékadatokat a termékek képeiből.
A DRG4Food egy uniós projekt, amelynek célja az adatvezérelt élelmiszerrendszerbe vetett bizalom erősítése a digitális felelősségvállalási célok (DRG-k) megvalósításával.
Open Food Facts is supported by the Accélérateur d'initiatives citoyennes (AIC), a program launched by the French government through the Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM).
Az AIC módszertani, technikai, adminisztratív és pénzügyi támogatást nyújt a közérdeket szolgáló polgári kezdeményezéseknek, hogy segítsék őket modelljeik megszilárdításában és a kritikus fejlesztési mérföldkövek elérésében.
Scientific collaborations
The Nutri-Score was developed by the EREN Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team which uses the Open Food Facts database to check the validity of Nutri-Score in different countries.
NutriNet-Santé is a cohort study that tracks the nutrition and health of volunteers for several years. EREN uses NutriNet data cross-referenced with Open Food Facts data to study the long-term effects of food additives.
→ Participate in Nutri-Net to help research (For French residents).
Az Open Food Facts partner a DIVINFOOD projektben, amelyet az Európai Unió Horizont 2020 kutatási és innovációs programja finanszíroz.
A projekt célja olyan élelmiszerláncok fejlesztése, amelyek hangsúlyozzák a kihasználatlan agrárbiodiverzitást, igyekeznek ellensúlyozni a biodiverzitás csökkenését, és kielégíteni a fogyasztók igényeit az egészséges, helyi termékek iránt, amelyek hozzájárulnak a fenntartható élelmiszerrendszerekhez.
The AFNIC foundation for Digital Solidarity supports the development of a united internet, training and awareness of its uses, by supporting local and structuring digital solidarity initiatives and research projects on the theme of digital solidarity.
The foundation is supporting Open Food Facts's environmental and educational efforts to make food not only good for you, but also good for the planet.
ADEME fights against global warming and the degradation of resources.
Open Food Facts uses data on the environmental impact of food taken from ADEME's Agribalyse database.
Egyéb támogatások
XWiki regularly hosts Open Food Facts events such as the Open Food Facts association general assembly in its office in Paris.