Reducing Food Waste
In the OIC Member Countries
COMCEC
Cameroonian respondents are fairly divided on the answer to this question, with a fifth of them
answering rarely, sometimes or often to the question of the frequency of eating reheated chilled
or frozen meals or eating convenience foods. On third of them always do it.
Half of the Saudi respondents stated that they sometimes heat chilled or frozen meals and eat
convenience food. 27% often eat convenience food and 13% rarely do it.
75% of the respondents to the survey lead in Senegal reported to eat ready-to-eat food or reheat
chilled or frozen meal at the most sometimes.
Looking at this table, it is possible to see that nobody among Turkish respondents stated that
they always heat up chilled or frozen meals or eat convenience foods. Overall, clear majority of
the respondents do not prefer frozen or convenience foods.
A strong majority of the participants to the survey lead in Uzbekistan reported that they never
(50%], or at the most rarely (20%] eat ready-to-eat food or reheat chilled or frozen meal. 20%
sometimes do it and 5% often or always do it.
Table 51: Number of days in a regular week to cook more than one meal
Frequency Afghanistan Benin Cameroon Saudi
Arabia
Senegal Turkey Uzbekistan
Five and
more days
25 20 10 3 5 27 20
Four days 10 25 12 6 0 25 5
Three days 15 35 26 11 26 24 20
Two days 25 15 28 50 26 14 15
One day 25 5 24 29 42 10 40
25% of the surveyed population in Afghanistan reported to cook more than one meal one day,
two days or five days in the week or more. 15% reported to do it three days in the week, and 10%
four days in the week
A quarter of the Beninese respondents stated that they cook more than one meal five days or
more in a week. 60% also do so three (35%) or four days (25%] in the week.
Around a quarter of the Cameroonian respondents stated that they cook more than one meal
once (24%), or twice (28%) or three times (27%) a week to meet the wishes of different
members of their households. They are 12% to do so four days per week and 10% to do it at
least five time per week.
Half of the people surveyed in Saudi Arabia stated that stated that they cook more than one meal
twice a week to meet the wishes of different members of their households. They are 29% to do
so once per week and 3% to do it at least five time per week.
Almost none of the Senegalese interviewees reported to cook more than one meal in a day. 42%
cook more than one meal one day in the week and 26% do so or two days or three days in the
week.
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