| From food waste to chutney – the Fall Gold project | |
| Brief Description | National environmental objectives are intended to guide the sum total of Swedish efforts to safeguard the environment. One milestone target is better resource management in the food chain. Every year we throw several tons of edible food. It can be tomatoes that has become wrinkled, carrots with the wrong shape and expiration date approaching itself. The food could be used for something better. By boiling chutney on fruit and veg stores would otherwise throw away the food gets a second chance. The stores who donate the vegetables sells chutney and the food thus have a second chance. Food waste from supermarkets is used to produce chutney and the purpose of this is to find a more resource-efficient way to manage the generated food waste. To evaluate the environmental impact of producing chutney from unused food, life cycle assessment is used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions and the consumption of primary energy. Although there are practical limitations that make it difficult to produce chutney of all Sweden’s food waste it is a method that provides significantly greater environmental benefits than biogas production. Therefore, turning unused food into new products, like chutney, can complement other waste management s approaches and contribute to a more sustainable food chain. Creating this kind of business is ecologically, economically and socially sustainable. The idea of the project can be disseminated to consumers and motivate them to apply the same strategy at home. This can increase awareness about food waste among people and influence their behaviours. |
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| European Country/Countries | Sweden |
| Field | Consuming: Sustainable Production, Consuming: Recovery and redistribution of excess food |
| Type | Intervention |
| Impact | Health, Equity, Environmental sustainability |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Target Group | General population, Low socio-economic status |
| Evaluation | No |
| Level | Local, Regional |
| INHERIT Perspective | Although there are practical limitations that make it difficult to produce chutney of all Sweden’s food waste it is a method that provides significantly greater environmental benefits than biogas production. Therefore, the recovery of food waste into new products, like chutney, can be used as a complement to other waste management which can contribute to a more sustainable food chain. |
| Detailed description PDF filename | Download file |
| Relevant links | http://www.macken.coop/butiker/fallguld-chutney/ |
| Contact | Macken Växjö info@macken.coop |
