FoodSwitch – bringing transparency to the world’s food supply
FoodSwitch is an initiative of The George Institute for Global Health – started in 2012 with a vision of an optimised food system for human health and the health of our planet.
How do package foods impact our environment?
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Which packaged foods have a lower impact on the climate?
The 2025 FoodSwitch State of the Food Supply Report: Planetary Health Edition rates food categories according to the greenhouse gases they generate.
Our services
Food Data
Food Data Collection
App Development for Shopping Interventions
Our apps
FoodSwitch
The FoodSwitch app provides simple health and nutrition information of a scanned product and suggests healthier alternatives to ‘switch’ to.
EXPLORE FoodSwitch
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
EXPLORE ecoSwitch
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
EXPLORE GlutenSwitchFoodSwitch in the news
Nearly three quarters of US baby foods are ultra-processed, new study finds
Mandatory Health Star Ratings now on the agenda as packaged food industry misses deadline for voluntary uptake
Call for urgent ban on trans fats – new findings reveal hidden heart risk in Aussie supermarkets
Crunch time for Health Star Ratings as voluntary phase nears end
