Towards sustainable food consumption

SAPEA Report released in June 2023 highlights healthy and sustainable food consumption as a key component of the EU’s transition towards a sustainable food system.

The report presents the relevant issues to shape the ongoing transformation: Food system impacts, Food environment and consumer behaviour, Policies and strategies, by going into detail and providing key messages in the following areas:

• Food systems, food environments and their drivers
• Nutritional and environmental food system outcomes
• Consumer behaviour: Barriers to sustainable and healthy food consumption
• Shaping the food environment for healthy and sustainable diets
• Selected examples of policies to promote healthy and sustainable food consumption
• Evidence-based policy elements

SAPEA informs the Scientific Opinion of the European Commission Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, being part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism.