We coordinate the Food Data Finland program, which aims to build practical data solutions and promote data interoperability in the Finnish food chain.
GS1 is the only official issuer of GTINs, and the EAN barcodes and GS1 2D codes created from them, in Finland and abroad.
Do you need a barcode for your product? You have come to the right place.
GS1 2D codes are becoming increasingly widespread. From the retail and wholesale perspective, the most important thing is to ensure that they can be scanned smoothly at checkout and that systems are able to utilise the data they contain.
Would you like a new, smarter barcode for your product? A GS1 2D code works just like a traditional EAN barcode for product identification, but it can contain significantly more information to meet the needs of consumers and the supply chain.
The EU Digital Product Passport is a system in which data must flow between different actors and systems throughout a product’s entire lifecycle. GS1 standards provide a common language for data, enabling the information required for the product passport to be shared, understood, and utilised in an...
The GS1 Synkka product information service will be updated to a new version on May 15, 2026. On this page, we will inform customers who utilize the service integration in more detail about the upcoming 3.1.35 version update.
The Packaging material data model development project will develop an operating model for identification and a data model for basic packaging data, which will allow packaging components to be identified and their data to be managed consistently throughout the supply chain, utilizing GS1 standards.
Our partners implement tested and certified solutions to support the use of GS1 standards and services. Through the partner network, we are able to expand our expertise and offer more value to our customers.
The identification of raw materials and the management of their master data form the basis for interoperable traceability and ensuring sustainability across the entire food chain. In order for information to flow consistently through the chain and all the necessary information to be connected to the...
In the Data model of raw material master data development project, we defined a structured way to describe and share key information about raw materials throughout the food chain. The project, carried out together with the food industry and retail trade, was part of the Interoperable traceability...
If you wish to terminate your GS1 Company Prefix or application service, please send an email to the GS1 Customer Service.
We believe that correct and reliable information in accordance with standards is the key to a more responsible and cooperative world. To a world that creates new opportunities from information and its benefits. This is what we contribute to with our work at GS1 Finland, without choosing a side.
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive increases the requirements for corporate sustainability reporting and extends them to information moving in the supply chain. GS1 Finland's development project examined what kind of common information requirements sustainability reporting sets for...
The GS1 Synkka product information service will be updated to a new version on November 15, 2025. This page provides detailed information about the upcoming 3.1.33 version update for customers utilising the service integration.
GS1's standards and services are constantly being developed. The global development of GS1 standards takes place in a forum made up of experts from different industries and in related working groups. In Finland, we facilitate cooperation groups consisting of several companies, where our customers...
We are developing a new service in collaboration with food companies that will enable the joint collection of data from cattle farms as required by the EU Deforestation Regulation. The solution will promote transparency and traceability in accordance with the regulation and enable the necessary...
Carbon footprint data allows both consumers and trading partners to obtain information about the environmental impacts of products in a transparent, traceable and comparable way. Carbon footprint information plays a significant role in sustainability reporting.
Our parallel project to the Animal Welfare Verification System coordinated by Luke is investigating how animal welfare information could be incorporated into product information and shared transparently throughout the food chain – from primary production to the consumer.
Supplies, trade, logistics and medicine and patient safety. Solutions innovated by GS1 bring efficiency and fluency to several industries.
GS1 develops and provides global supply chain data standards that help companies identify, capture and share information.
With our standards and services, you can ensure that your products and deliveries are reliably identified, your product information is up-to-date and your deliveries are correctly labelled.
You must notify your trading partner of all deliveries of your products in the manner agreed upon with them. Many stores and wholesalers use electronic EDI messages to receive products and maintain product balances.
Before you can deliver – or sometimes even offer – your product to retailers and wholesalers, you need a GS1 product identifier for your product and a barcode on its packaging.
When you get your products into the store or wholesaler's assortment, you need to inform your trading partner of all the necessary information. GS1 Synkka makes it efficient and easy to share product information, images and documents.
All GS1 identifiers and barcodes are generated using the GS1 Company Prefix.
GS1 Finland collaborated with industry leaders on a development project to create a roadmap for implementing interoperable traceability solutions across Finland's food chain.
Together with food industry and retail trade companies, GS1 prepared a proposal how the GS1 2D code could be used when communicating products to consumers and thus facilitate consumers' access to product information.