Climate change along with the increase in prices for raw ingredients are forcing us to reflect on the choice of ingredients used for making both sweet and savoury dishes. There is no shortage of those who recreate the flavour of an ingredient by mixing different raw ones. Drought, torrential rains with their consequent flooding, hurricanes and forest fires caused by global warming are generating serious problems for agriculture in many countries. All this has two serious consequences: difficulty in finding certain raw ingredients and the continuous increase in the prices of food products, specifically cereals, oil, dairy, meat and sugar. According to the study published by the World Economic Forum, there are twelve foods to which we will probably say goodbye in the near future. Those most at risk are coffee, rice, chocolate, wine, soybean sprouts, maple syrup, chickpeas, peanuts and avocados. Recording the total amount of economic losses caused by climate change is not easy, as it is impossible to distinguish between events that would have occurred anyway due to natural causes from those caused by the new climatic situation. But the most authoritative insurance company in the world, Swiss Re, has determined that the damage caused by meteorological changes, already in the first few months of this year, has caused losses of 40,000 million dollars. Precisely to overcome the problems related to sustainability, many chefs have decided to avoid using some ingredients, but not to give up their flavours. They have proposed mixes using alternative products. The case of the avocado Avocados, used in various recipes, both savoury and sweet, is one of the most used fruits in international cuisines. However, few know that it is also one of the least sustainable ingredients, as it needs lots of water to grow. One pack of two avocados, according to the Sustainable Food Trust, has a carbon footprint of 846,46 grams of carbon dioxide! The increase in its production in Central and South America has significantly damaged the environment and has caused an increase in prices, making it inaccessible in places where it has always been cultivated. Photoroyalty -Freepik 47
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