Data vs stereotypes: what Europeans eat
Science on the Menu: A Food Safety Podcast by EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
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🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
What do Europeans eat? On this episode, we’re talking food consumption data – how it is collected, what it shows and why it’s so important. Come explore with us why good data is crucial for shaping nutrition policies and keeping food safe. We’ll put some stereotypes to the test - is it true that Italians eat the most pasta? And who eats the most chocolate? And we’ll hear why the future of food data collection could involve AI monitoring chips on our teeth! Tune in and dive into a fascinating world of numbers that keep us healthy.
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| 0:00.0 | I love cooking, so this generally contact with the food data was always exciting for me. |
| 0:06.1 | And yeah, the wealth that all this data gives you, it's really amazing. |
| 0:10.8 | So you start from numbers and then you end up with a result that is really significant for the Europeans' health. |
| 0:42.9 | Thank you. significant for the European's health. Food Safety Authority. Hello and welcome to science on the menu. |
| 0:45.9 | Today we're going to be talking about food consumption data. |
| 0:49.2 | What we eat, how much we eat and why it matters so much for public health and food safety. |
| 0:55.0 | From shaping nutrition policies to chemical risk assessments, |
| 1:00.5 | the data that we collect on food is behind many of the decisions that are made in the EU on food safety. |
| 1:07.2 | And joining me today to discuss this topic, |
| 1:10.0 | I'm very pleased to welcome one of our scientists at EFSA, leading scientist, in fact, in this area. |
| 1:15.7 | Sophia Ionidu. |
| 1:17.2 | Hi, Sophia. |
| 1:18.1 | Warm welcome to you. |
| 1:19.2 | How are you today? |
| 1:20.3 | Very nice. |
| 1:20.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:21.6 | Okay. |
| 1:22.3 | So we're receiving information from member states, yeah, also from outside of Europe? |
| 1:28.4 | Pre-accession countries. |
| 1:29.6 | Pre-accession countries, okay, about what people are eating, how much they're eating, |
| 1:33.6 | this kind of thing. |
| 1:34.3 | What are we tracking? |
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