#Consumption

Protein consumption
65% plant-based

Protein consumption

This indicator shows the proportion of animal and plant-based products in the total calorie intake, as well as per...
Household food waste
240.9 kt

Household food waste

This indicator paints a picture of, on the one hand, the amount and type of food waste that was...
Food residues and food loss
3,485 kt food waste

Food residues and food loss

This indicator shows the amount of food residues and food loss per sector of the Flemish food chain (2015)....
Valorisation of residual food streams
Cascade index 8.2

Valorisation of residual food streams

This indicator shows the valorisation chain and cascade index of the residual food streams per sector in Flanders.
Processing of residual food streams
1,391 kt digestate

Processing of residual food streams

This indicator shows the output of the fermentation of residual food streams.
Proportion of food in residual household waste
70.5 kt

Proportion of food in residual household waste

This indicator shows how much food waste is not sorted for household collection and therefore ends up in the...
Collection of organic residual waste
3,909 kt

Collection of organic residual waste

This indicator shows the evolution of the stream of organic residual waste sorted for collection.
Food packaging
783 kt

Food packaging

This indicator shows the evolution of the weight of packaging put on the market (POM) by the members of...
Collection of food packaging
698 kt

Collection of food packaging

This indicator shows the evolution of the sorted collection of packaging waste and, for each type of packaging, also...
Share of food packaging in the residual waste stream
27%

Share of food packaging in the residual waste stream

This indicator shows how much food packaging ended up in the residual waste in Flanders in the period 2013-2014....
BMI evolution
25.5

BMI evolution

In order to measure the total consumption of Flanders, we look at the average Body Mass Index (BMI) and...