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GOURD NEWS FOR FRIGHT NIGHT FRIES FREAKS!

Here’s some scary Halloween food news for you from Lamb Weston, Cambridgeshire-based producer of potato products and fries for the UK’s most popular burger chain: In the UK up to 8 million pumpkins will come to a grave end this year, with 18,000 tonnes of edible food going straight to the bin!

Only 1 in 3 consumers choose to cook the flesh once carved, meaning the rest (66%) are wasted, not tasted.

Even more horrifying, pumpkins generate up to 448g CO2 equivalent per kilo – so they’re gruesome for greenhouse gas emissions too.

Enter Lamb Weston with a clever trick that could dramatically cut down on food waste and save up to 1.6m tonnes of CO2 per year – carving potatoes instead of pumpkins!

Cheaper to buy and easier to carve, potatoes are the UK’s favourite vegetable to eat^ and much more versatile for turning into a tasty meal after carving!  Plus potatoes generate less than half the CO2 per kilo produced compared to a pumpkin.

Believe it or not, this isn’t a new idea as the original Jack-o’-lanterns were actually made from turnips and potatoes by the Irish!**

So it’s time to rethink old habits that are unhealthy for our planet and all hail the potato this Halloween. Take a look at some of our ideas, carve out some of your own and then love the leftovers in a delicious fright-night feast.  Gourd for you and gourd for the planet too!

*Source: onegreenplanet.org Research by Hubbub & Knorr

**Goodhousekeeping.com

^Jongga Study, 2022 – UK’s favourite vegetable, (2,000 respondents)

 

For innovative ideas, recipes and potato inspiration, head over to www.lambweston.eu/uk, call 0800 963962 or email us at salesUK@lambweston.eu

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