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Beyond food prices: study reveals multiple barriers to micronutrient-rich diets among vulnerable consumers
Research with socioeconomically vulnerable groups in Italy and Poland reveals how cost, access, availability, food quality and acceptability barriers can combine to make micronutrient-rich diets harder to achieve.
New database brings together 392 million food safety records to track changing risks across Europe
As the EU-funded HOLiFOOD project concludes, researchers have brought together decades of European monitoring data and set out four recommendations for using AI, new detection technologies and citizen insights to strengthen food safety surveillance.
World Maritime Day: Free app helps Europeans make more sustainable seafood choices
A free mobile app helps Europeans find seafood that is in season and make more sustainable choices – whether shopping, eating out or deciding what to cook.
AGRIMED C lays the groundwork for climate-ready training for Europe’s future farmers and veterinarians
After its first year, the Erasmus+ project is using research and stakeholder input to develop practical digital training on climate adaptation, herd health and responsible antibiotic use.
New EU policy brief sets out six priorities for a healthier and more sustainable food system
More than 90 organisations from across Europe’s food system have come together to identify areas where EU policy could support healthier, more sustainable and fairer food systems.
Supplements and weight loss top misinformation themes in European influencer posts analysed
The EU-funded project Infoodmation workshop highlights recurring narratives, vulnerable audiences, and ways to make trustworthy food information more accessible.
EUFIC Communication Lab #2 on emulsifiers: 9 recommendations for clearer communication
In May 2026, EUFIC held its Communication Lab #2 on emulsifiers, a closed, expert-led workshop bringing together ten specialists from across the EU Food Safety System. Unlike a traditional panel discussion, the workshop's format focused on turning real, concrete communication obstacles into actionable guidelines, while keeping deliberate science reductionism, media sensationalism and industry defensiveness in check.
Healthy and sustainable diets: a guide for evidence-based reporting
Media toolkit with evidence-based guidance, resources and reporting tips to help journalists cover healthy and sustainable diets clearly and accurately.
How are nutrition, the gut microbiome and mental health connected?
NUTRIMIND, a new Horizon Europe-funded project coordinated by EUFIC, launches to explore how nutrition, dietary patterns, the gut microbiome and lifestyle factors may interact with mental health throughout the life course.
Misuse of EUFIC’s name in third-party supplement product rankings
EUFIC has become aware that several Chinese-language third-party online publications have referred to EUFIC in connection with commercial supplement product rankings and product claims, including products such as fish oil, CoQ10, calcium–iron–zinc supplements and Ganoderma lucidum spore oil.