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News | 05 July 2024

Webinar: What do consumers know about food? Results from EUFIC’s food literacy survey in 7 European countries

In the context of our first long-term goal of building food and health science literacy, we conducted a food literacy survey to find out what consumers understood in this area, and where were their greatest knowledge gaps, so to better tailor our activities to address these gaps.

News | News | 27 June 2024

Harnessing the power of microbiomes to improve our health: Launch of EU-funded MICROBIOMES4SOY

MICROBIOMES4SOY is an EU-funded Horizon project that uses the soyabean crop as a model system to deepen microbiome understanding and develop ambitious microbiome-based innovations in the food sector.

News | News | 19 June 2024

Declaration for our sustainable future: FOODPathS urges EU policymakers to prioritise the transition

FOODPathS is a project funded by the European Commission that aims to offer a concrete pathway and necessary tools to support the establishment of the European Partnership for Sustainable Food Systems for People, Planet & Climate. 

News | 13 May 2024

DRG4FOOD’s second Open Call grants up to €300.000   to pilot projects that develop a trustworthy data-driven food system

The EU-funded Horizon project DRG4FOOD, a leading accelerator for advancing sustainable solutions in the food industry, releases its second Open Call of €950.000, aimed at supporting at least three pilot projects, each up to €300.000.

News | 15 March 2024

DRG4FOOD celebrates world consumer rights day by promoting digital responsibility in the food sector through a podcast series

DRG4FOOD celebrates World Consumer Rights Day by launching its Digital Food Podcast series. Through several episodes, the podcast will explore digital technologies and data in the food industry, highlighting the importance of digital responsibility, and empower consumers.

News | 27 November 2023

Webinar: Facilitating the Healthy and Sustainable Diet Shift through Effective Communication in Communities with Low Socioeconomic Status

EUFIC hosted the webinar “Facilitating the Healthy and Sustainable Diet Shift through Effective Communication in Communities with Low Socioeconomic Status” on Thursday, 23 November 2023 to showcase the results of their research with social supermarkets customers (native Italians and immigrants) that was conducted together with Caritas Trieste in Italy.  

News | 13 November 2023

European Nutrition Conference FENS 2023: EUFIC to host symposium on food education and science communication training series

This week, the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) will host a symposium on food education and engagement and a training series on science communication at the 14th European Nutrition Conference, organised by the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) in Belgrade, Serbia.

News | 26 October 2023

EUFIC Launches Social Media Challenge #SwitchToWholeGrains: What whole grains are you switching to?

On November 15th, on the occasion of the 5th International Whole Grains Day, the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) is launching its social media challenge #SwitchToWholeGrains to inspire European citizens to integrate more whole grains into their daily diets.  

News | 12 September 2023

High-level event in Valencia sets to shine a spotlight on food loss and waste reduction strategies

Join the High-level event "A multi-stakeholder perspective on food loss and food waste reduction strategies" organised by CEMAS and EUFIC in Valencia on 3 October in person and online.