Ultra-processed foods NOVA

Ultra-processed foods

Understanding Ultra-processed foods

• Please see the NOVA groups methodology: https://world.openfoodfacts.org/nova
• A very good lecture by Chris Van Tullekem (english)
• A very good lecture in French

Feedback about the NOVA experience in the app

Feedback about the NOVA experience in the app: https://www.reddit.com/r/ultraprocessedfood/comments/1dt16a7/open_food_facts_app_not_particularly_helping_me/ We could probably improve the NOVA /Ultra processing onboarding, and also reply to the comments

Technical aspects - GitHub

• Open Food Facts wide tracking project for Ultra-processed foods and NOVA: https://github.com/orgs/openfoodfacts/projects/120

Naming

NOVA is a bit geeky. Ultra-processed foods is better understood. Also, it's NOVA groups, not NOVA score. I also renamed “NOVA” into “NOVA - Ultra-processed foods”. - Pierre

Stats

• https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/household-availability-of-ultraprocessed-foods-and-obesity-in-nineteen-european-countries/D63EF7095E8EFE72BD825AFC2F331149

Per country

India

• https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-19624-1

Get in touch

Slack channel #nova