Analysis and assessment of common food production systems in communal catering with regard to sustainable production methods

NachhaltigSPS

Assessment and comparison of the various food production systems with regard to the four dimensions of sustainable nutrition and the associated financial costs of the individual food production systems. Derivation of recommendations for action for actors in politics and practice.

  • There are around 16 million meals a day in communal catering establishments
  • Communal catering as an important field of action for implementing healthy and sustainable nutrition
  • Goal: Creating a favourable nutritional environment
  1. Indicatorscheme and evaluation system: Creation of an indicator scheme for each of the four sustainability dimensions and the costs and creation of an evaluation system
  2. Optimisation of the indicator scheme and assessment system: assessment of the communal catering facilities with regard to the various sustainability dimensions using the indicator scheme and assessment system
  3. Derivation of recommendations for action: based on simulation calculations to assess the relative advantageousness of the food production systems
Project information

Keywords:

Sustainability, community catering, food production

Project duration:

01.09.2023-31.10.2024

Project partners:

Fulda University of Applied Sciences (Prof. Dr Chalupová)
Life Institute for Food and Nutrition (Prof. Dr. Silke Thiele)