Founded in 1982, FoodDrinkEurope is a Food industry confederation in the European Union.
It was formed by 26 national food-related federations, including 3 observers, 25 EU sector associations, and 19 major food and drink companies, all grouped in a Liaison Committee.
[5] In 2014, it launched a website to explain how the new Reference Intake system works.
[7] FoodDrinkEurope develops the Guideline Daily Amounts pictograms displaying nutritional values on food packaging.
It lobbies the EU on agri-food economic plans[8] and works on standardizing industry-funded research.