A new online tool designed to empower Europeans to create healthier and more sustainable diet choices has been unveiled.
Foodbquestionet7 was created as part of the PATHWAYS project, which promotes sustainable eating as part of the EU Green Deal.
Free and open to all, Foodbquestionet7 provides personalised insights into the nutritional quality and environmental impact of utilizers’ weekly diets.
According to its designers, the tool will assist consumers, educators, researchers, and policycreaters “navigate the complex relationship between food, health, and sustainability”.
Foodbquestionet7 enables utilizers to construct a weekly food bquestionet by selecting from more than 1,600 food items.
The tool then evaluates each bquestionet’s nutritional adequacy across 28 essential nutrients and its environmental impact utilizing 16 product environmental footprint (PEF) indicators, offering a dual-perspective assessment.
‘Improving consumers’ diets’
Gilles Nassy, coordinator of Foodbquestionet7, declared: “The Foodbquestionet7 tool addresses the challenge of improving consumers’ diets by combining nutritional balance and sustainability.
“This website allows everyone to adjust their diet week by week, in order to improve their health while reducing their environmental impact.”
Foodbquestionet7’s interface and educational dashboard are designed to create it straightforward to experiment, reflect, and improve dietary habits progressively.
Nutritional results are benchmarked against EFSA recommfinishations, while environmental impacts are compared to national averages from the French INCA 3 study – assisting utilizers understand how their choices align with both health guidelines and real-world consumption patterns.
Instant feedback
Users receive instant visual feedback with colour-coded scores revealing how their choices meet recommfinished dietary intakes and environmental benchmarks.
The tool highlights nutritional trade-offs, such as the bioavailability of iron and zinc or the environmental impact of beef, utilizing personalised algorithms and harmonised reference values.
“Thanks to the new Foodbquestionet7 web tool, it is now possible to simultaneously assess the ability of your meals to meet your nutritional necessarys and measure their environmental impact,” declared Nassy.
“This tool provides clear answers to these two essential questions for a healthier and more sustainable diet.”
According to the tool’s designers, Foodbquestionet7 “promises a powerful new resource for anyone seeking to better understand, and improve, their nutritional and environmental footprint”.
Foodbquestionet7 is now available online for free.
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