07/09/2022
NEW VIDEO. See what industry, academia and civil society discussed at a recent workshop - to improve seafood consumption amongst younger and less well-off consumers in the UK: https://youtu.be/DXCv6GNYMvU
“Nurturing individual, community and planetary health” - The event brought together institutional seafood buyers – schools, hospitals, other institutions, community food groups, hospitality, convenience food outlets, retailers, food policy makers and food system researchers. It was designed to understand more about where the seafood in UK markets comes from, what’s new in the market, what to consider when buying seafood and delicious recipes. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions of experts from industry, research and government as they discuss the challenges of increasing seafood consumption, especially in poorer parts of the UK.
This diverse, professional group identified the following key recommendations to support increased seafood consumption for better nutritional, health, and environmental outcomes through greater equity, accessibility and affordability:
1. Enable and promote seafood inclusion in school dinner menus. This helps to ensure children can access nutritious meals, even when that is not easily available at home. This will also increases familiarity with seafood for consumption as young adults. Some key focus points include: mussels are fun, salmon is straightforward, canned mackerel is great value, pangasius is versatile.
2. Strengthen international trade to continue the import of fish that typically enable the poorest consumers to access a healthy choice, whilst also increasing the opportunities for UK wild caught and farmed fish, shellfish and seaweed.
3. Encourage product innovation so that seafood arrives in supermarkets, restaurants and fast food outlets in formats that consumers are familiar with and will enjoy. Create nutritional requirements for fast food that can be met by a greater inclusion of seafood in menus.
Dave Little, University of Stirling, Baukje de Roos, University of Aberdeen, Christina Hicks, Lancaster University, ThinkAqua, Roy Clarke, Anton Immink, John Bostock, Björn Kok, Emily De Sousa, Elsi Duncan, Lorna Cooper, Catriona Frankitti, Geoff Tansey, Jon Hillier, Rhianna Rees, Iain Gatward, Callum O'Connell, Rúben Marques, Michael Ross, Richard Newton, Polly Douglas, Michel Kaiser, Will Anderton, Mausam Budhathoki, Karen Galloway, Patrick Blow, Hamish Macdonell, Judith Brown, Stephen Euston, Martin Jaffa, Dr William Clark, Alastair Dingwall, Dawn Purchase, Huw Thomas, Dan Lee, Hazel Healy, Eva Maire
“Nurturing individual, community and planetary health”The event brought together institutional seafood buyers – schools, hospitals, other i...
