Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @FDAfood
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
54
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
These tweets cover a range of topics related to food safety and nutrition, including a free curriculum for science teachers, an FDA investigation into an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to organic strawberries, and tips for making healthy food choices while dining out. Other tweets discuss the FDA's efforts to reduce food waste and promote sodium reduction in food products, while some express concerns about the agency's handling of certain issues, such as iron fortification and forever chemicals in food and drugs. Overall, these tweets highlight a variety of perspectives on food and nutrition in the US, including both praise and criticism of the FDA's role in regulating the industry.
Topic Modeling
- Innovative curriculum using food safety and nutrition in science education
- News and updates from the FDA regarding food and nutrition
- FDA investigations and initiatives related to food safety and waste reduction
- Health and nutrition tips from the FDA
- Critiques and concerns related to FDA policies and actions in the food and nutrition industry
Emotional Analysis
The tweets cover a range of emotions and topics pertaining to food, nutrition and health. Some express a positive sentiment towards engagement and education, particularly in regards to innovative and interactive teaching methods. Others express concern, frustration or criticism towards food safety and nutrition policies and practices, such as the outbreak of hepatitis A virus and the use of potentially harmful ingredients in dietary supplements. Some tweets provide tips and solutions for making healthier choices while dining out or grocery shopping. Overall, the sentiment conveyed in these tweets is a mix of positive and negative emotions.
Trend Analysis
- Food Safety and Nutrition
- Collaboration between FDA and other agencies/organizations
- Dietary Supplements
- Criticism of FDA
- Healthy eating tips and strategies
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
31
Percentage of total tweets
57%
Number of Original tweets
12
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
54
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
8
Percentage of total tweets
14%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
4
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
29
Percentage of total tweets
53%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 23 |
Twitter for iPhone | 13 |
Twitter for Android | 8 |
Loomly | 4 |
Hootsuite Inc. | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
US_FDA | U.S. FDA | Our tweets are FDA Approved! Privacy Policy - https://t.co/LbTJXYRXVP | 551,170 |
WADeptHealth | WA Dept. of Health | Official Twitter account for the Washington State Department of Health. | 60,834 |
FDAfood | FDA FOOD (Ctr for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition) | The latest on food safety, outbreaks, recalls, nutrition, additives & supplements from U.S. FDA. Retweets ≠ endorsement. Privacy Policy: https://t.co/KDg7YjylZO | 41,274 |
FDAHealthEquity | FDA Minority Health and Health Equity | Get the latest minority health information from the FDA. HealthEquity@fda.hhs.gov. Privacy Policy: https://t.co/eZOvfsagNs | 15,064 |
faithhealthhome | Makeba Giles | Faith Health & Home ✝️ | Lifestyle Media Creator (Podcast/Blog/YouTube) | Wife | Mom | Health and Family Advocate Isaiah 41:20 | 11,195 |
FDA_ORA | FDA_ORA | Get the latest information from FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs. | 6,155 |
harrycovair | Haricot Vert | On See Food Diet: I see food, I eat! 5 Food Groups: Shoyu, Chili Peppah Water, Rice, Meat, Gravy or Sauce. Side of 'Nalo Greens. @harrycovair@mastodon.sdf.org | 4,310 |
DrMayneFDAFood | Dr. Susan Mayne | Director, FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Scientist, public health professional, mom, wife, and yes, pragmatic optimist! | 3,334 |
DrTaylorWallace | Dr. Taylor Wallace | America’s Favorite Food Scientist | @GMU | @Fruits_Veggies | Author of Sizzling Science | Editor of @JDietSupplement | 2,711 |
foodanddruglaw | FDLI | A membership organization offering education, training, publications, and professional networking opportunities in the food and drug law field. | 2,385 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
faithhealthhome | Makeba Giles | Faith Health & Home ✝️ | Lifestyle Media Creator (Podcast/Blog/YouTube) | Wife | Mom | Health and Family Advocate Isaiah 41:20 | 5,228 |
ArualSogar | Sol | #TodaVidaVale | 5,001 |
Net2Ayurveda | DeinAyurvedaNet2 | - | 4,998 |
harrycovair | Haricot Vert | On See Food Diet: I see food, I eat! 5 Food Groups: Shoyu, Chili Peppah Water, Rice, Meat, Gravy or Sauce. Side of 'Nalo Greens. @harrycovair@mastodon.sdf.org | 4,895 |
JH_Memory_Aging | Johns Hopkins Memory & Aging. #BrainMatters Chat. | A JH Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Treatment Centers collaboration sharing #Aging #Research and promoting #Brain #Health, #Memory loss & #Caregiver #Resources. | 2,773 |
DrTaylorWallace | Dr. Taylor Wallace | America’s Favorite Food Scientist | @GMU | @Fruits_Veggies | Author of Sizzling Science | Editor of @JDietSupplement | 2,438 |
AgProgressUSA | manure💩mitigators #saveWhatsLeft!🐝🦋🌳🙌🏼🌎 | response to deadzones☠ ⚠️Avoid EWG DirtyDozen💯intro a Meat Free Days Resolution 4 ur Town! ☢ #radiumValley Expose Frack waste☢ #SaveTheBees! | 2,291 |
seatechcorp | Seatech Corporation | Posting Seafood Industry News and Selling high quality seafood since 1982 specialty South America products crab shrimp langostino @seatechcorp | 2,263 |
wonalixia | Echalar | Técnica Sup.en Ind.Alimentarias y Control de Calidad de Alimentos. Intereses:Microbiología-Economía- Arte-Ciencia-Psicología-Medicina. | 1,632 |
MarcoAPinoM | Marco Pino | Promovamos valores en nuestra sociedad, paz y justicia social; desarrollo humano sostenible; salud pública; seguridad y soberanía alimentaria | 1,586 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
SevenDivinity | UNLV BS Public Administration, M.Ed, USC MSW, Clinical Military, Medical Clinical SW, Co-Founder of Remy Premier Health & Wellness #AllInClarkCounty♻️🏥 | 4 |
TaneyCoHealth | Taney County Health Department improves the health and environment of the community through leadership, education, and coordination of services. | 4 |
FDA_ORA | Get the latest information from FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs. | 2 |
MHurtadoCA | Ca State Senator. Central Valley advocate. Personal account. | 2 |
DrMayneFDAFood | Director, FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Scientist, public health professional, mom, wife, and yes, pragmatic optimist! | 2 |
RedLights4FF | Place a red light outside of your home or business to support the firefighters everywhere. We support 1st responders in Fire, EMS and Dispatch. Ind Media. | 2 |
WADeptHealth | Official Twitter account for the Washington State Department of Health. | 1 |
SeafoodHeadline | Postings of seafood industry news | 1 |
Senay75422198 | eglenceli azimli | 1 |
TarynSjursen | - | 1 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1638991755633905664 | #Science teachers at #NSTA23! Looking for creative ways to engage your middle or high school students? @FDAfood and @NSTA created an innovative, interactive curriculum using food safety and nutrition to make science relevant. And it's FREE! https://t.co/VsllhJVQ8S https://t.co/ml97raxP5T | 3 |
1639187084547162112 | @FDAfood @US_FDA Lgmd kas hastalari icinde faz3 calksmalarina onay verin binlerce lgmd kas hastasi tedsvi bekliyor @Lgmdder @Fatosakyol06 | 2 |
1640806325062967296 | Additionally, we published the FDA Voices: “Improving Health through Nutrition Requires Continued Progress,” by Susan Mayne, Ph.D., @FDAFood Director. https://t.co/G0l7CVZ8Ue | 2 |
1641404134430593026 | @FDAfood @womenshealth Since running multiple fitness bootcamps, the lack of knowledge around serving sizes is a reason behind weight gain. Happy to see this tweet! | 0 |
1640394252218777608 | Did you know Americans eat and drink about one-third of their calories away from home? Use these tips from @FDAFood to make healthier food and beverage choices while dining out. https://t.co/DycrOGTFwW https://t.co/xoATVbw0zi | 0 |
1638877048939876354 | H/T R/T @FDAfood FDA & CDC are investigating an #outbreak of hepatitis A virus linked to imported frozen organic strawberries sold to a variety of retailers under multiple brand labels. https://t.co/Pt8ZOXv8W0 https://t.co/sdJNlTZD9I | 0 |
1638902381072228352 | #FoodSafety23 is live at @FaegreDrinker! FDLI CEO Christine Simmon welcoming our keynote speakers Mark Moorman, Director, Office of Food Safety, @FDAfood , @US_FDA and Sandra Eskin, Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety, @USDA. https://t.co/jDnxq91nKR | 0 |
1638933606063308805 | @FDAfood @US_FDA @CDCgov I think a root cause needs to be found and addressed before any more imports are accepted from the responsible entity. | 0 |
1638963160748027912 | @FDAfood, @USDA, and @EPA have joined forces to promote the "Winning on Reducing Food Waste Initiative." See the full strategy as well as the United States Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions at https://t.co/pErLzemtgx #foodwaste #NoWastedFood #grandrapids #smallbusiness https://t.co/zAsNAF9ZdR | 0 |
1639316430079377413 | @FDAfood has published a "Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory" that links to the Agency's actions and communications with regard to particular dietary ingredients and other ingredients used in #dietarysupplements. https://t.co/rKUze0KcQZ | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1638991755633905664 | #Science teachers at #NSTA23! Looking for creative ways to engage your middle or high school students? @FDAfood and @NSTA created an innovative, interactive curriculum using food safety and nutrition to make science relevant. And it's FREE! https://t.co/VsllhJVQ8S https://t.co/ml97raxP5T | 8 |
1640806325062967296 | Additionally, we published the FDA Voices: “Improving Health through Nutrition Requires Continued Progress,” by Susan Mayne, Ph.D., @FDAFood Director. https://t.co/G0l7CVZ8Ue | 5 |
1639187084547162112 | @FDAfood @US_FDA Lgmd kas hastalari icinde faz3 calksmalarina onay verin binlerce lgmd kas hastasi tedsvi bekliyor @Lgmdder @Fatosakyol06 | 4 |
1638902381072228352 | #FoodSafety23 is live at @FaegreDrinker! FDLI CEO Christine Simmon welcoming our keynote speakers Mark Moorman, Director, Office of Food Safety, @FDAfood , @US_FDA and Sandra Eskin, Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety, @USDA. https://t.co/jDnxq91nKR | 2 |
1638877048939876354 | H/T R/T @FDAfood FDA & CDC are investigating an #outbreak of hepatitis A virus linked to imported frozen organic strawberries sold to a variety of retailers under multiple brand labels. https://t.co/Pt8ZOXv8W0 https://t.co/sdJNlTZD9I | 1 |
1641103141050384386 | @FDAfood @MinorityHealth Nothing nutritious in this aisle of processed carbs. Why did you choose this photo? | 1 |
1641404134430593026 | @FDAfood @womenshealth Since running multiple fitness bootcamps, the lack of knowledge around serving sizes is a reason behind weight gain. Happy to see this tweet! | 0 |
1639741955306340352 | Is grocery shopping on your to-do list? Bring @FDAFood’s Tip Card with you to help you make healthy choices https://t.co/gv2SIeisMV. https://t.co/XRd46AZnfF | 0 |
1638933606063308805 | @FDAfood @US_FDA @CDCgov I think a root cause needs to be found and addressed before any more imports are accepted from the responsible entity. | 0 |
1638963160748027912 | @FDAfood, @USDA, and @EPA have joined forces to promote the "Winning on Reducing Food Waste Initiative." See the full strategy as well as the United States Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions at https://t.co/pErLzemtgx #foodwaste #NoWastedFood #grandrapids #smallbusiness https://t.co/zAsNAF9ZdR | 0 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#nationalnutritionmonth | 7 |
#foodsafety | 5 |
#fda | 3 |
#outbreak | 3 |
#webinar | 2 |
#foodborneillness | 2 |
#science | 2 |
#nsta23 | 2 |
#salmonella | 1 |
#flour | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@fdafood | 55 |
@us_fda | 14 |
@cdcgov | 3 |
@nsta | 2 |
@usdafoodsafety | 2 |
@lgmdder | 2 |
@fatosakyol06 | 2 |
@usda | 2 |
@stopfoodillness | 1 |
@womenshealth | 1 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
9
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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🚨 | 2 | police_car_light |
⏲️ | 1 | timer_clock |
📱 | 1 | mobile_phone |
🐶 | 1 | dog_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
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Travel & Places | 3 |
Objects | 1 |
Animals & Nature | 1 |