When are fruit and vegetables in season across Europe? EUFIC has created a pioneering tool for you to explore and follow a more sustainable diet. On the map you will see Europe’s six climatic regions.

Erfahren Sie mehr über unsere neuesten Aktivitäten und werfen Sie einen Blick auf unsere Food Facts-Zusammenfassungen, um falsche Informationen über Lebensmittel und Gesundheit in den Medien zu ...

Healthy eating is a crucial part of keeping us healthy. For good health, we need more than 40 different nutrients, and no single food can supply them all - we need a wide variety of foods. Poor, ...

Functional foods are foods that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition because they contain components that have the potential to improve physical or mental health or to reduce our risk of ...

Antimicrobials, such as antibiotics, are substances that kill or stop the growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. Antibiotics are specifically used to target the bacteria responsible for ...

Most people enjoy a variety of foods with no problems. But for a small percentage of people, specific foods or components of food may cause adverse reactions ranging from a slight rash to a severe ...

Sustainable food production is good for the environment. Ensuring a sustainable supply of food for the world's fast growing population is a major challenge. There is a growing demand for the public to ...

Zoonoses are infectious diseases which can be transmitted from animals to humans directly (for example by contact with infected animals or animal waste) or indirectly (by consuming contaminated food ...

It has been long known that microorganisms in the human gut play an important role in digestive health. Moreover, recent research indicates that gut bacteria may relate to wider aspects of health, ...

The rates of allergies and food intolerances are increasing throughout the world, especially in the developed countries. Currently, the only way for the individual to manage food allergy or food ...

Food intake is essential for survival and normal function of the body. Food also provides pleasant sensations that provide a natural reward. The concept of ‘food addiction’ has gained a lot of ...

Food choice refers to how people decide on what to buy and eat. A complex set of factors that vary from person to person and depend on culture, heritage and up-bringing all influence food choice. We ...