Data and Innovation
At ATNi (Access to Nutrition initiative), we believe that data is a powerful lever for transforming food systems. Our data and innovation workstream is designed to break siloes, foster transparency, and accelerate access to nutritious food through evidence-based tools and experimentation.
Our Data Strategy
Our data strategy is built on the following core values:
- Transparency: We make nutrition-related data publicly available to empower stakeholders across the food system.
- Interoperability: We design tools and datasets that can be integrated across platforms and geographies.
- Impact: We focus on data that drives measurable change in market behavior, policy, and product development.
This strategy guides our development of tools, partnerships, and experiments that support better decision-making for companies, investors, and policymakers.
The ATNi data strategy aims to :
1. Increasing access to packaged food data with a focus on LMICs : ATNi is working to improve access to branded packaged food data, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), to support better nutrition monitoring and analysis.
2. Promoting transparency and open access to data: ATNi is committed to sharing its analyses as open datasets, made available in standardised, human- and machine-readable formats. ATNi adheres to FAIR data sharing principles.
3. Making data actionable through visual interfaces: Making data accessible in a user-friendly manner is key to ensure it reaches the right users and actors. To maximise the value and relevance of its data for the broader nutrition community, ATNi actively consults and collaborates with established user groups.
Our dashboards provide a unified view of nutrition performance across companies, markets, and product categories. The integrates data from our indexes and product assessments to support strategic decision-making. Explore the latest dashboards:
We host a growing collection of public datasets on our GitHub repository. These include:
- Nutrient profiling data from countries like Kenya, Nigeria, and India.
- Scoring tools for Nutri-Score, Health Star Rating, and WHO Nutrient Profile Model.
- Methodology documentation and transparency reports.
All materials are shared under a Creative Commons license to encourage reuse and collaboration.
We actively test new approaches to nutrition assessment and stakeholder engagement. Current experiments include:
- NutriScore Self-Assessment Tool: A pilot app that allows SMEs and other stakeholders to bulk-calculate NutriScore values for their products. Developed using open data and hosted on Streamlit.
These prototypes are shared openly to invite feedback and foster co-creation.
