UK households waste more than 490 million pints of milk a year (around eighteen and a half pints per household) and… Read more Pouring away pints
Category: Fact of the month
Don’t forget your shopping list
75% of shoppers don’t make a shopping list. Just give me a moment whilst I have a panic attack! Going… Read more Don’t forget your shopping list
Is your gut happy?
Our guts need 30 different plant-based foods a week to help keep us and our digestive system healthy. Have you ever… Read more Is your gut happy?
We’re not getting our daily veg
50% of young children and 90% of teenagers are not eating their daily quota of vegetables. Additionally, only 28% of adults… Read more We’re not getting our daily veg
Up to 50% of children are fussy eaters
Up to 50% of children are fussy eaters at some point, meaning that they will eat a limited amount of food,… Read more Up to 50% of children are fussy eaters
Reducing food waste at Christmas
Did you know that 7.4 million mince pies are wasted over Christmas? We’re prone to over-buying at Christmas which leads to… Read more Reducing food waste at Christmas
Christmas food waste
The equivalent of 4 million Christmas meals goes to waste over the festive period. This year, Christmas cooking is going… Read more Christmas food waste
Riding the food waste waves
During lockdown, surveys indicated that we were a whole lot more motivated to make the most of the ingredients we… Read more Riding the food waste waves
Are you squeezing your oranges?
720,000 oranges are thrown away in the UK every day? Keeping your oranges in the fridge will help them last… Read more Are you squeezing your oranges?
Storing potatoes
As today is #potatoday I’m bring you a potato related fact: 5.8 million potatoes go to waste daily in the… Read more Storing potatoes