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On the menu at a UK restaurant: carbon footprint
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A member of staff prepares some food at The Canteen restaurant, one of the first in the UK to place the carbon footprint of its dishes on its menu besides the calories, in Bristol, on August 3, 2022. The Canteen became in July the first restaurant to agree to put its carbon footprint on the menu under a campaign spearheaded by UK vegan campaigning charity Viva!
(AFP/Ashley Crowden)
T
he menu at The Canteen in southwest England doesn't just let diners know how much a dish costs. They can also check its carbon footprint.
The carrot and beetroot pakora with yoghurt sauce is responsible for just 16 grams of CO2 emissions. The aubergines with a miso and harissa sauce with tabbouleh and Zaatar toast caused 675 grams of carbon dioxide.
As customers weigh their options, the menu at the vegetarian restaurant in Bristol includes a comparison with a dish that it does not serve: the emissions from a UK-produced hamburger.
"Three kilos for a burger, wow! I can't believe it," exclaimed Enyioma Anomelechi, a 37-year-old diner sipping a beer outside in the sunshine.
The menu notes that a real beef burger's emissions is "10 times the amount of its vegan alternative".
The carbon footprints of businesses and consumers have come under growing scrutiny as countries scramble to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius and to achieve net-zero emission by 2050.
The Canteen became in July the first restaurant to agree to put its carbon footprint on the menu under a campaign spearheaded by UK vegan campaigning charity Viva!
