Raising consumer awareness and building the desirable attitudes needed to make conscious purchasing decisions – these are the goals of EIT Food „InformPack” education-culinary workshops at the Auchan hypermarket

The meeting was open to adults responsible for grocery shopping at their homes and young consumers who are still forming their shopping habits and will soon be responsible for shaping eating routines in their households.

During the workshop, participants had the opportunity to explore the need for food packaging and the problem of the amount of plastic packaging. Through interactive quizzes, they were able to test their knowledge of the symbols placed by manufacturers on food packaging. As part of the meeting, participants consolidated their knowledge on the principles of recycling.

As part of the InformPack activity, we implemented two tasks that involved applying the previously learnt knowledge in practice. Under the guidance of our scientists and educators – Dr. Joanna Fotschki and Dr. Marta Kopcewicz, participants were asked to do their shopping taking into account the newly gained insights on the packaging symbols. Then, during the cooking part at the Food Bank with Radek Lewandowski, they tried their hands in preparing healthy, plant-based dishes, including courgette spaghetti and pancakes with oyster mushrooms.