FOODCoST: FOOD Costing and Internalisation of Externalities for System Transition

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Deliverables

Report on dissemination and communication activities

Report on dissemination and communication activities.

Report on CSs reflections and implications

Report on CSs reflections and implications.

Report on policy recommendations

Report on policy recommendations.

Mapping of the barriers

Mapping of the barriers.

Overview and documentation of relevant data for the calculation of the externalities of food
Report on policies with internalised externalities at the EU, national and regional levels

Report on policies with internalised externalities at the EU, national and regional levels.

Scenarios combining policy recommendations and business strategies to internalise externalities

Scenarios combining policy recommendations and business strategies to internalise externalities.

FOODCoST Roadmap for R&I, policy and business

FOODCoST Roadmap for R&I, policy and business.

Report on recommendations for primary producers and businesses in the food sector

Report on recommendations for primary producers and businesses in the food sector.

Overview of innovative value chain and business models and strategies to internalise externalities

Overview of innovative value chain and business models and strategies to internalise externalities.

Atlas of actionable knowledge

Atlas of actionable knowledge.

Measuring degrees of internalisation of externalities
Harmonised methodology for the calculation of the externalities

Harmonised methodology for the calculation of the externalities.

Lessons learnt, recommendations and action points from the CoP

Lessons learnt, recommendations and action points from the CoP.

FOODCoST VALUATION Guide
Methodological monitoring framework to measure the development of combined policy and business strategies

Methodological monitoring framework to measure the development of combined policy and business strategies.

INTEGRATED FOODCoST toolbox for IMPACT analysis

INTEGRATED FOODCoST toolbox for IMPACT analysis.

Practice Abstracts - Batch 1

Practice Abstracts – Batch 1

FOODCoST Business and Value chain INTERNALISATION tools

FOODCoST Business and Value chainINTERNALISATION tools

FOODCoST Policy modelling framework for internalisation

FOODCoST Policy modelling framework for internalisation.

Practice Abstracts - Batch 2

Practice Abstracts – Batch 2

Data Management Plan - update
Data Management Plan

EU-global database on externality costs including an open-source dataset of national external cost values

EU-global database on externality costs including an open-source dataset of national external cost values.

Publications

A critical review of EU agri-food policy impacts

Author(s): Diana Borniotto, Anne-Maud Courtois, Philippe V. Baret
Published in: Food Policy, Issue 141, 2026, ISSN 0306-9192
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FOODPOL.2026.103090

True Cost Accounting: een nieuw meetinstrument voor duurzaamheidsbeleid in ons voedselsysteem

Author(s): Baltussen, W.H.M., F.H.J. Bunte, C.P.A. van Wagenberg
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Levensmiddelenrecht, 2024, ISSN 2950-4805
Publisher: Den Hollander
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16979740

Which types of quantitative foresight scenarios to frame the future of food systems? A review

Author(s): Anton Riera, Océane Duluins, Clémentine Antier, Philippe V. Baret
Published in: Agricultural Systems, Issue 225, 2025, ISSN 0308-521X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16793164

The impact of labelling “true price” on effectiveness and consumer acceptance

Author(s): Anne O. Peschel, John Thøgersen
Published in: Ecological Economics, Issue 244, 2026, ISSN 0921-8009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2026.108977

The hidden costs of Dutch dietary choices: quantifying the health and environmental costs attributable to suboptimal diets

Author(s): L. Jacky Florencio, Jeljer Hoekstra, Elisabeth H. M. Temme, Reina E. Vellinga, G. Ardine de Wit
Published in: Frontiers in Nutrition, Issue 13, 2026, ISSN 2296-861X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FNUT.2026.1759095

Unravelling Heavy Metal Dynamics in Soil and Honey: A Case Study from Maramureș Region, Romania

Author(s): Florin Dumitru Bora, Anca Cristina Babeș, Anamaria Călugăr, Mugurel Ioan Jitea, Adela Hoble, Răzvan Vasile Filimon, Andrea Bunea, Alexandru Nicolescu, Claudiu Ioan Bunea
Published in: Foods, Issue 12, 2023, ISSN 2304-8158
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/FOODS12193577

Hazardous child labour in smallholder coffee farming systems in Uganda: Prevalence, determinants, and implications for children's education

Author(s): Rosemary Emegu Isoto, Friederike Schilling, Patrick Shortall, Bernhard Bashaasha, Joachim von Braun
Published in: Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Issue 31, 2026, ISSN 2666-1543
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.23686904

The True Price of External Health Effects from Food Consumption

Author(s): Seidel F., Oebel B., Stein L., Michalke A., Gaugler T.
Published in: Nutrients, Issue 15, 2023, ISSN 2072-6643
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17034787

The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Author(s): Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan
Published in: Sustainable Development, 2026, ISSN 0968-0802
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/SD.70658

The true price of fatty fish: Health effects and environmental externalities in the production and consumption of wild-caught and cultivated fatty fish in the Netherlands

Author(s): L. Jacky Florencio, Elisabeth H.M. Temme, G. Ardine de Wit, Jeljer Hoekstra
Published in: Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, Issue 28, 2026, ISSN 2665-9727
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.INDIC.2025.100842

Dietary change and land use change: assessing preventable climate and biodiversity damage due to meat consumption in Germany

Author(s): Moritz Hentschl, Amelie Michalke, Maximilian Pieper, Tobias Gaugler, Susanne Stoll-Kleemann
Published in: Sustainability Science, Issue 21, 2026, ISSN 1862-4065
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16991766

Impacts of food consumption on life expectancy and hidden health costs

Author(s): Oebel, B., Stein, L., Kleemann, S., & Gaugler, T.
Published in: Cleaner Food Systems, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: lsevier
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.21874538

Towards true prices in food retailing: the value added tax as an instrument transforming agri-food systems

Author(s): B. Oebel, L. Stein, A. Michalke, S. Stoll-Kleemann, T. Gaugler
Published in: Sustainability Science, 2024, ISSN 1862-4065
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S11625-024-01477-7

Time to transform? Sustainability narratives for European food systems

Author(s): V. Guerrieri, S. Borchardt, G. Listorti, L. Marelli, M. Vittuari
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 44, 2025, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.GFS.2025.100831

The potential impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation on daily sugar and energy intake among the Dutch population with different socioeconomic positions: a modelling study

Author(s): L. Jacky Florencio, Elisabeth H.M. Temme, Jeljer Hoekstra, Reina E. Vellinga, G. Ardine de Wit
Published in: BMC Public Health, 2026, ISSN 1471-2458
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.23687525

A method for calculating the external costs of farm animal welfare based on the Welfare Quality® Protocol

Author(s): Luuk S. M. Vissers, Coen P. A. van Wagenberg, Willy H. M. Baltussen
Published in: Frontiers in Animal Science, Issue 4, 2023, ISSN 2673-6225
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16792873

Environmental co-benefits of health policies to reduce meat consumption: A narrative review

Author(s): Céline Bonnet, Marine Coinon
Published in: Health Policy, Issue 143, 2025, ISSN 0168-8510
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.HEALTHPOL.2024.105017

Business models and strategies for the internalization of externalities in agri-food value chains

Author(s): Sepide Mehrabi, Cynthia Giagnocavo
Published in: Agricultural and Food Economics, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2193-7532
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S40100-024-00338-2

Economic costs related to foodborne disease in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia in 2017

Author(s): Coen P. A. van Wagenberg, Arie H. Havelaar
Published in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Issue 7, 2023, ISSN 2571-581X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FSUFS.2023.1227430

True cost accounting of organic and conventional food production

Author(s): Amelie Michalke, Sandra Köhler, Lukas Messmann, Andrea Thorenz, Axel Tuma, Tobias Gaugler
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 408, 2025, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16991801

Stakeholder skepticism and pragmatic approaches for True Price Labeling

Author(s): Sebastian Malte Carlsson, Erik Hunter, Edona Arnesen, Anne Odile Peschel, Lennart Stein, Benjamin Oebel, Tobias Gaugler, Mark de Jong, John Thøgersen
Published in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Issue 9, 2025, ISSN 2571-581X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FSUFS.2025.1599970

Narratives, trade-offs and scenarios to explore the livestock transition in Belgium

Author(s): Anton Riera, Noé Vandevoorde, Antoine Squilbin, Quentin Vandersteen, Philippe V. Baret
Published in: npj Sustainable Agriculture, Issue 4, 2026, ISSN 2731-9202
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S44264-025-00122-9

Business Strategy and the Environment

Author(s): John Thorgensen, Lucia Romero-Verdu, Anne O. Peschel
Published in: Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Issue 31, 2026, ISSN 0964-4733
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.23687196

A takarmányalapanyag-termelés klímahatásának monetáris értékelése és annak agrárökonómiai alkalmazása – a magyarországi szójatermesztés példáján

Author(s): Ildikó Edit Tikász, Zsuzsa Molnár
Published in: Gazdálkodás, Issue 70, 2026, ISSN 0046-5518
Publisher: AKI Agrárközgazdasági Intézet Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság
DOI: 10.53079/GAZDALKODAS.70.3.T.PP_224-243

Determining the Global Economic Burden of External Health Effects of Food Consumption in 204 Countries and Territories

Author(s): Felix Seidel, Benjamin Oebel, Lennart Stein, Susanne Kleemann, Tobias Gaugler
Published in: Nutrients, Issue 18, 2026, ISSN 2072-6643
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/NU18030426

True pricing – guiding consumers within a new pricing paradigm

Author(s): Anne O. Peschel, Michiel C. J. Bliemer, John Thøgersen
Published in: Marketing Letters, Issue 37, 2025, ISSN 0923-0645
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S11002-025-09799-X

Sustainability Science Communication: Case Study of a True Cost Campaign in Germany

Author(s): Lennart Stein, Amelie Michalke, Tobias Gaugler, Susanne Stoll-Kleemann
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16903833

Transforming food systems: the FOODCoST project

Author(s): Michiel Van Galen
Published in: The Project Repository Journal, Issue 21, 2024, ISSN 2632-4067
Publisher: European Dissemination Media Agency Limited
DOI: 10.54050/PRJ2122472

Towards a harmonized true cost accounting methodology: Evidence from a nationwide retailer campaign in Germany

Author(s): Lennart Stein, Benjamin Oebel, Amelie Michalke, Tobias Gaugler
Published in: Environmental Challenges, Issue 22, 2026, ISSN 2667-0100
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVC.2026.101427

Short Communication: True Cost Accounting (TCA) as a transformative approach for livestock agri-food systems

Author(s): W. Baltussen, C. Bonnet, F. Bunte, M. van Galen, C.L. Giagnocavo, D.A. Kenny, A. Oosterwijk, L. Smith, J. Snoek, I. Verweij-Novikova, L. Vissers, C.P.A. van Wagenberg
Published in: animal, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1751-7311
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ANIMAL.2025.101591

True Cost Accounting for sustainable livestock production

Author(s): Van Wagenberg, C., Van Galen, M., Vissers, L., & Bunte, F.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: European Federation of Animal Science

Soziale externe Kosten: Ein Framework zur Monetarisierung von Tierwohl zur Berechnung wahrer Lebensmittelpreise

Author(s): Rasidovic A, Oebel B, Stein L, Michalke A & Gaugler T
Published in: 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, 2023
Publisher: Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau

Wahre Kosten Experiment im deutschen Einzelhandel: Wissenschaftliche Auswertung der Kampagne mit PENNY

Author(s): Stein, L., Oebel, B., Andreae, T., Michalke, A., Semken, Ch., Gaugler, T.
Published in: 17. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, 2024
Publisher: Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau

Auf dem Weg zu wahren Preisen im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel: Die Mehrwertsteuer als Instrument zur Agrar-Transformation

Author(s): Michalke, A., Stein, L., Oebel, B., Kriegel, J., Gaugler, T.
Published in: 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, 2023
Publisher: Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau

Entwicklung eines Frameworks zur Monetarisierung externer Gesundheitskosten von Lebensmitteln

Author(s): Seidel, F., Oebel, B., Stein, L., Michalke, A., Gaugler, T.
Published in: 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, 2023
Publisher: Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau

Nitrogen fertilizer application of commercial soybean farms and its impact on soybean yield and nutritional composition in Hungary

Author(s): Ildiko Edit Tikasz– Zsuzsa Molnar– Edina Varga
Published in: World Soybean Research Conference, Issue WSRC11, 2023
Publisher: World Soybean Research Conference

Dürre-Resilienz landwirtschaftlicher Systeme am Beispiel des Ackerbaus in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Author(s): Eggert, J., Stein, L., Oebel, B., Michalke, A., Gaugler, T. (
Published in: 17. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, 2024
Publisher: Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau

Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets

Author(s): Joyce D'Silva, Carol McKenna
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.4324/9781032684369

Towards True Cost Accounting of Agricultural Food Products

Author(s): A. Michalke
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Universität Greifswald

Refining national true cost accounting for agrifood systems

Author(s): S. Lord
Published in: 2024
Publisher: FAO
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.16962319

Additional file 1 of Business models and strategies for the internalization of externalities in agri-food value chains

Author(s): Mehrabi, Sepide; Giagnocavo, Cynthia
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.28078781

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