European Commission launches H2020 FoodScannerprize

The Food Scanner Horizon Prize is a €1 000 000 challenge prize which will be awarded to the technological solution(s) that will best provide citizens with relevant information about their food consumption. The goal of this contest is to improve the quality of citizens' health and well-being by helping them to better monitor their food intake with the use of a food scanner. Contestants will be able to submit their entries from 9 September 2015 until 9 March 2016. For more detailed information and documents please click here.

The Horizon Prize is a new kind of prize by the European Commission to stimulate innovation and come up with solutions to problems that matter to European citizens. In 2015, at least five Horizon Prizes will be launched in the areas of health, environment and ICT.