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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).
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