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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349513303321

Autore

Pellerito Alessandra

Titolo

Food Sharing : Chemical Evaluation of Durable Foods / / by Alessandra Pellerito, Ralf Dounz-Weigt, Maria Micali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-27664-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (60 pages)

Collana

Chemistry of Foods, , 2199-689X

Disciplina

338.1

338.194

Soggetti

Food—Biotechnology

Nutrition

Sustainable development

Quality control

Reliability

Industrial safety

Law—Europe

Food Science

Sustainable Development

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

European Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Food Sharing and The Regulatory Situation in Europe: An Introduction -- Food Sharing in Practice:The German Experience in Magdeburg -- Food Sharing and Durable Foods: The Analysis of Main Chemical Parameters -- Food Waste and Correlated Impact in the Food Industry: A Simulative Approach.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the concept of food sharing from a European perspective, and provides a concise analysis of its safety implications and the chemical properties of recovered foods. In our modern world, 33% of the total food produced is lost each year, with serious economic, environmental and social consequences. Food worth



approximately 1 trillion USD is wasted per year, and it is estimated that this wasted food could feed more than 3.4 billion people. Considering that 1/10 of the global population still does not have enough money for basic needs, and in view of the impact of consumer behaviour, food retailers and industry in food waste, food sharing appears to be an attractive solution, and several communities have recently been created with the main goal of saving food and giving it to those in need. Despite the positive impact of food sharing, it also raises concerns since recovered foods are subject to spoilage, decay and irreversible chemical-physical transformations. In this book, the authors explore the current situation and the regulatory definition of food sharing in various European countries, presenting the German experience in the city of Magdeburg, where food-sharing networks have been implemented. They also discuss the chemical and safety evaluations of durable foods, and provide a simulation of food waste by comparing a food product with the same food produced with re-worked and still edible raw materials (recovered foods).