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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Short communication: A food-systems approach to assessing dairy product waste
Journal of Dairy Science, Volume 97, No. 10, Year 2014
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Concern about world population increase, food security, and the environmental burdens of food production have made food-waste reduction a social and environmental priority. In this context, the quantification of dairy product waste is especially difficult due to the varied means of disposal, by solid and liquid waste streams, and due to inclusion as an ingredient in many processed foods. In this study, food intake data from the Australian National Nutrition Survey (>13,000 participants; >4,500 food items) were disaggregated into basic foods and total national dairy product intake was expressed in whole-milk equivalents. This result was compared with total domestic milk supply, indicating a level of waste of 29% for dairy products in the Australian food system. With national food-waste reduction targets becoming increasingly common, reliable estimates of food waste at the national scale are important for goal setting, baseline reporting, and performance monitoring. For this purpose, the systems approach to assessing food waste demonstrated in this project is deemed to have advantages over other common methods of food-waste assessment, such as bin audits, waste diaries, and surveys. © 2014 American Dairy Science Association.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ridoutt, Bradley G.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Baird, Danielle L.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bastiaans, Kathryn
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DARNELL, R. E.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Hendrie, Gilly Anne
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Riley, Malcolm D.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Sanguansri, Peerasak
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Syrette, Julie
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Noakes, Manny J.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Keating, Brian A.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Statistics
Citations: 8
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3168/jds.2014-8017
ISSN:
00220302
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative