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Kenny Tutt & Mary McGrath

Season 2022, Ep. 282

A staggering 98% of people in the UK are concerned about food waste and as we all count the cost on both our pockets and the climate, it’s estimated that the average adult in the UK throws away up to 400kg of food a week.


Items such as bread, salad leaves, bananas and milk top the list of food items that we waste the most of, according to new research. Alongside the environmental impact of increasing food waste, 6 in 10 (63%) of people cite money saving as their biggest food waste worry.


Despite 81% of respondents having been raised to never waste what they eat, almost 4 in 10 (37%) admit forgetting about ingredients they have bought until they go off, while 21% struggle to make use of all the ingredients purchased as part of multi-packs.


The survey, conducted as part of Boursin’s partnership with food waste charity FoodCycle who last year saved 191 tonnes of food from going to waste and helped combat poverty and loneliness in communities in the process, shows that a quarter of households will throw gone-off food away twice a week, with the estimated value being a total of £26.97 per month. But it’s not all bad news as 19% reveal they would be happy to eat food past its use by date, with 2.9 days being the acceptable time past.


Over a quarter (27%) would love to be a zero-food waste household but don't know how to achieve this, and two-thirds of people (67%) struggle to find recipes and inspiration for leftover food and ingredients MasterChef 2018 Winner and restauranteur Kenny Tutt is helping people convert the food that would otherwise go to waste into easy, affordable, and surprisingly mouth-watering meals.

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