SEPTEMBER 202419need to address its preservation challenges can't be overstated. Rising food and feed prices have made protein more expensive everywhere, but reducing global meat waste is arguably most beneficial to regions where citizens cannot access enough affordable protein daily. According to Kerry's proprietary research, meat is also the top category in terms of consumer worry about food safety. Unbeknownst to many, the traditional consumer `sniff test' is not an infallible guide to determining if meat is safe to eat; the kinds of pathogens that can make people sick often don't have a smell or visual impact. Therefore, while you can see moldy bread and sniff sour milk--quality issues that don't necessarily lead to illness, ironically--determining a meat product's viability is much more difficult, and the health impacts of consuming contaminated meat can, in extreme cases, be deadly. The growing demands of consumers around the world for cleaner labels--including all-natural ingredients and the removal of certain undesirable ingredients--also impact meat shelf life. Some clean-label ingredients will offer a shorter shelf life than their conventional counterparts, so a multifunctional, `layered approach' system may be needed to fill the gap. There is now available a wide range of natural and traditional preservation ingredients and technologies to ensure that meat stays fresh and safer for longer, thus reducing costly wastage of meat. Through a concerted global effort, global undernourishment and food waste is a resolvable problem, and it's an area in which we must all take a proactive role. Thankfully, there are a large number of proven solutions and tools available to help make this a reality. Food and beverage producers can begin right now to reduce food waste and loss. Preservation solutions are available to help reach this goal and reduce the environmental and social costs of wasted food--and ultimately help feed the world. The benefits of reducing global food waste, quite simply, would be enormous.Food Waste Estimator Can Help Companies and ConsumersKerry's Food Waste Estimator allows consumers and manufacturers to quantify and understand the financial and environmental impact of reducing food waste either in the food chain or in the home. Using just a few simple inputs, Kerry's innovative new estimator is designed to inform users about the impact of reduced food waste on our planet. It provides information on the number of additional people that could be fed, as well as the amount of CO2 and water that would be saved by making simple changes to reduce food waste. Too Good to Go, the world's largest app addressing the utilization of surplus food, provides useful food-waste reduction tips for consumers within the estimator.Companies and consumers can explore their food-waste metrics and Using just a few simple inputs, Kerry's innovative new estimator is designed to inform users about the impact of reduced food waste on our planetpotential waste savings using the Kerry Food Waste Estimator here (https://explore.kerry.com/Food-Waste-Estimator).
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