Research and tools for nutritional quality, community food systems, and the economics of food access.
This pillar groups the lab's work on what people eat and how food reaches them. Two projects currently sit here: a multi-source nutritional quality classifier built on published front-of-pack methods, and an operational research project on local food bank efficiency with a public-facing dashboard as its first deliverable.
Multi-source nutritional quality classifier built on Nutri-Score, NOVA, and the UK FSA traffic-light system.
Operational research on local food bank workflows, demand patterns, and economic disparities in food access. Public deliverable: the Pantry Dashboard.