Research on food waste indicates that 61% of Brazilians discard one or two foods in perfect condition each week, reports Agência Brasil. Almost half (49%) of the respondents assumed to do this daily. The survey was made by Unilever, with the support of the United Nations (UN) to analyze the result.
The survey, conducted on a global scale, heard 4,000 people, two Americans, one thousand Brazilians and one thousand Argentines, aged between 18 and 64 years, from August to September 2017. Participants are responsible or involved in the decision-making process for the purchase and preparation of food.
Called “refrigerator blindness,” the habit of not seeing or ignoring food, is seen as one of the villains of waste. Those who buy and waste assume that the big problem is lack of inspiration (81%). Many look at the refrigerator but do not know what to cook or eat (78%).
Other villains pointed out by the research are buying food beyond what is necessary (54%), parents who get extra options to satisfy the taste of different family members (37%) and purchase food other than the usual ones to test, which end up not pleasing (31 %).
The most wasted types of food are perishables such as salads (74%), vegetables (73%) and fruits (73%). When deciding whether to play or not, the Brazilian takes into account smell and appearance (85%) and expired expiration date (83%).
According to the UN, a year is wasted 1.3 billion tons of food in the world. In Brazil, about 41 thousand tons are discarded daily, which would feed 25 million people per day.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.