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Anne Joana Nogueira is a Chemical Engineer, MSc in Environmental Citizenship and Participation and currently a PhD graduate student in Social Sustainability and Development, as well as a member of Centre for Functional Ecology- Science for People and the Planet, of the University of Coimbra. In terms of work experience Anne Nogueira has worked as a quality manager in chemical plants, and as a secondary school teacher in national and international schools. Her main research interests are healthy food patterns, food waste up-cycling, and environmental sustainability.
This paper focuses on the contribution of an upcycling food organization to a balanced diet, which rescues and redistributes fresh or freshly cooked food to low-income households. To determine the nutritional balance of food hampers provided by our case study organization, according to the Portuguese food guidelines, we have weighed all items of food hampers in three weighing rounds over a period of four months. The results suggest that upcycled foods can contribute to a more balanced diet in terms of “Potato, Cereal and Cereal Products”, “Vegetables”, “Meat, Fish, Seafood and Eggs” and “Fruits”, both according to the Portuguese Food Wheel and compared to that of the general Portuguese population. The novelty of this study is the evaluation of the contribution to the balanced diet of the population in a vulnerable situation, of perishable foods such as freshly cooked, in traditional restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and hotels, or is naturally fresh (fruit and vegetables food aid services) up-cycled by a food aid organization.
Anne Nogueira; Fátima Alves; Paula Vaz-Fernandes. The Contribution of Up-Cycled Food Waste to a Balanced Diet of Low-Income Households. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4779 .
AMA StyleAnne Nogueira, Fátima Alves, Paula Vaz-Fernandes. The Contribution of Up-Cycled Food Waste to a Balanced Diet of Low-Income Households. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4779.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnne Nogueira; Fátima Alves; Paula Vaz-Fernandes. 2021. "The Contribution of Up-Cycled Food Waste to a Balanced Diet of Low-Income Households." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4779.