Menu Dose Certa

The Menu Dose Certa project (right serving menu), implemented by Porto’s waste management organisation LIPOR, aims to reduce food waste in restaurants and to change attitudes and behaviours by raising awareness on the problem of food waste. The goal is to support restaurants in creating menus that generate notably less food waste. The project is a partnership between LIPOR, the association of Portuguese nutritionists, the local authorities of Espinho and local restaurants. The initiative kicked off at pilot level in the Cristal restaurant in Espinho, the generating significant media attention at regional and national level. The project continued to expand in 2010 and 2011 with 2 more restaurants involved and a competition among participating restaurants to produce the best recipe for a Right Serving Menu, in terms of serving size and nutritional value. The project is divided into a 1-year phase for implementation, and 1-year phase for monitoring. The implementation phase includes the following activities:

• Preparation phase – Inscriptions; Informative procedures
• Initial diagnosis phase – Evaluation of the basis situation at environmental, nutritional and food stocks management
• Training and good practices implementation phase
• Final diagnosis phase – Evaluation of the “post awareness” situation at environmental, nutritional and food stocks management
• “Dose Certa” Certificate attribution.

Participants have to satisfy several requirements, such as monitoring the generation of food waste with weighing, recording this information using the project’s website (www.eunaofacolixo.com), applying recommendations in term of stock management as well as nutritional and environmental recommendations. To ensure their participation, a “Dose Certa” commitment referencing these different requirements is to be signed by participants.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Paula.Mendes@lipor.pt;  Maria.Ceu@lipor.pt;  Rosa.Veloso@lipor.pt

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