foodwatch International

What is foodwatch?

We are fighting for your right to safe, healthy foods and to information about the things you eat. We keep a close eye on industry and politics – and to remain independent, we do not accept funding from governments, the EU or the food industry. As a non-profit campaigning organization we are funded by ten thousands of people. We operate at the national and European levels, and have offices in Germany, Austria, France and the Netherlands.

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Restrict food speculation: Feed people not banks!

Investors make profits while families from Ethiopia to Yemen can no longer afford basic foods. Financial gamblers shamelessly exploit the war in Ukraine: They speculate on wheat, maize and rice - driving prices even higher. Shortly before the G20…

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19 products have been found to contain the particularly dangerous aromatic mineral oils (MOAH).

No toxic mineral oil in our food!

Laboratory tests by foodwatch have, for the third time, found food products contaminated with harmful mineral oil. foodwatch has tested products on sale in France, the Netherlands and Germany, and for a first time also included products from Austria…

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Neither Farm nor Fork

News22-09-2023

foodwatch calls out the EU's slow progress on key EU food and consumer related initiatives, attributing the delay to powerful lobbies and upcoming 2024 elections.

Success: French Minister announces end to hidden Shrinkflation

News04-09-2023

France's Minister said on a French news show that companies must now legally tell customers if they reduce the amount of product but keep the same or higher price.

WHO: Aspartame Possibly Carcinogenic

News17-07-2023

The World Health Organization's Cancer Research Agency (IARC) has classified the sweetener aspartame as "possibly carcinogenic to humans." What this means for consumers.

Mineral oil in foods

Rice, pasta, cereals, chocolate: many everyday foods are contaminated with harmful mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH and MOAH). One source of contamination is the recycled paper or cardboard used as food packaging.

Nutri-Score

In the supermarket, consumers must be able to see at a glance how balanced a product is. The Nutri-Score is the most comprehensible model of nutritional labelling that exists at the moment and it is gaining increasing support throughout Europe.

Additives

Eating and drinking several additives throughout the day could put our health in danger. Therefore, foodwatch demands a ban of food additives that are potentially dangerous for human health or misleading for consumers.