Transforming food for a healthier future
FoodSwitch is an initiative of The George Institute for Global Health – started in 2012 to bring transparency to the world’s food supply with a vision of an optimised food system for human health and the health of our planet.
Our services
Food Data
The FoodSwitch database holds nutrition and attribute information on packaged food products from 17 jurisdictions.
Food Data Collection
FoodSwitch can help collect food packaging data through a combination of manual and automated methods.
App Development for Shopping Interventions
FoodSwitch can help researchers achieve their goals especially in creating health-focused nutrition and food label apps.
Our apps
FoodSwitch
The FoodSwitch app provides simple health and nutrition information of a scanned product and suggests healthier alternatives to ‘switch’ to.
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ecoSwitch
The ecoSwitch app provides Australian consumers a way of understanding the greenhouse gas impact of packaged foods and to choose alternatives to switch to that are less harmful to our planet
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GlutenSwitch
The GlutenSwitch app helps people living with coeliac disease or a gluten intolerance to identify alternative food products that are both gluten-free and healthier
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Mandatory Health Star Ratings a must after 10 years of food industry inaction
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Two thirds of baby foods in US grocery stores are unhealthy, study shows
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Parents beware – the ‘wild west’ of baby and toddler food marketing revealed
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Lopsided labelling: Latest data confirms selective Health Star Rating uptake persists
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