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.^[3]

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The organization was founded in 1982 as Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (French: Confédération des Industries Agro-Alimentaires de l'UE; CIAA).

In 2002, it lobbied to guarantee that new countries joining the EU first subscribe to most of EU's food policies before being accepted into the union.^[4]

The CIAA was renamed as FoodDrinkEurope in June 2011.^[5] In 2014, it launched a website to explain how the new Reference Intake system works.^[6]

In 2021, the advocacy group Foodwatch criticized FoodDrinkEurope for lobbying against the Nutri-Score (colour-coded nutrition label at European level) at the EU level for the past decade.^[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.^[9]

The organisation supports the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, arguing that it will reduce regulatory barriers, increase employment and encourage industry investment.^[10][11]

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