Data Sources & Licenses

Last updated: August 2026

Votello combines product information, corporate ownership data, and verified public evidence. This page lists the public data sources we use and the licenses that apply to them.

Open Food Facts

Some product names, categories, brands, barcodes, and product photos shown in the catalog originate from Open Food Facts and its sister projects (Open Beauty Facts, Open Products Facts, and Open Pet Food Facts).

Database: Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 — full license text.
Individual database contents: Database Contents License (DbCL) v1.0 — full license text.
Product photos: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 3.0, © their respective contributors — full license text.
Terms of use: Open Food Facts terms of use.

The photo license covers the contributor's photograph. Packaging designs, trademarks, people pictured, and other third-party rights may still apply.

Votello's product catalog

The bulk-imported portion of Votello's catalog derived from Open Food Facts is available under the same Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0. To request a copy of this data, use the contact below.

Other public sources

Ownership research also draws on publicly available sources such as Wikidata, GLEIF (Legal Entity Identifiers), corporate registries, and published news or reports. These sources are cited individually on each company profile alongside the verified evidence quote and source URL.

Votello's own data

The ownership network, company scores, ethical signals, and evidence annotations created by Votello are Votello's own data. They are not covered by the Open Food Facts licenses above and are governed separately.

Contact

For data requests or attribution questions: support@jmjm.app