Right Serving Menu (Menu Dose Certa)

Tipo de pratica Reduce

Nombre la actividad profesional Right Serving Menu (Menu Dose Certa)

Nombre del agente principal LIPOR, Intermunicipalized Waste Management of Greater Porto

Tipo de agente(s) Autoridades públicas

Ubicación Portugal

Etapa de la puesta en práctica Consumo

Año de puesta en práctica 2008

Actividades realizadas o en vías de realización The Menu Dose Certa Project allows participating restaurants to adopt best environmental, nutritional and food stocks management practices, from the purchase of foodstuffs until the preparation of meals. The goal is to support restaurants in creating menus that generate notably less food waste. The project is a partnership between LIPOR, the Association of Portuguese Nutritionists, the local authorities of Espinho and local restaurants. The project was expanded with a competition among participating restaurants to produce the best recipe for a Right Serving Menu, in terms of serving size and nutritional value. Winning menus will be collected in a recipe book promoted in local media. After continued monitoring of their waste reduction restaurants are granted a "Dose Certa" certification which provides both advertising for the restaurant and economic benefit to the municipality in the form of less food waste. The project followed first case studies in two restaurants in 2008 and 2010, and now involves 3 restaurants over 2 years.

Resultados y repercusiones It was estimated that with the "Menu Dose Certa" it is possible to reduce food waste by 48.5 kg per person per year.