Choose the correct foods

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Choose foods that contribute to a toxic-free environment and biodiversity and that create a smaller climate footprint.

Here are some concrete tips that you can consider in your everyday life to reduce your carbon footprint from what you eat.

Choose organic

Buy organic food. Organic farming does not use harmful pesticides and you contribute to a better environment where the food is produced. Some products are heavily sprayed in conventional farming, which is why it is extra important to choose organic when you buy:

  • coffee
  • apples
  • bananas
  • avocado
  • citrus fruits
  • grapes
  • raisins
  • potatoes
  • onions
  • peppers

Buy seasonally

Choosing seasonal produce has many advantages. What has been grown and ripened on your own tastes better and is more nutritious.

  • Shop seasonally and get more in your wallet: When you shop seasonally, the selection is wider. This means that the price can be cheaper while doing a service for the climate.
  • Adapt the menu to what the season has to offer to vary the diet and flavours throughout the year.
  • Freeze fruit and vegetables that you buy in season to use during the rest of the year.

Choose locally produced food

By choosing food that is locally produced, you support Swedish food production and strengthen our food security while reducing long-distance transport.

  • Look for Swedish equivalents: For example, choose Swedish oat rice instead of rice.
  • Adapt the cooking: Fry with Swedish rapeseed oil or butter instead of foreign. In many recipes, it is possible to replace the butter with rapeseed oil.
  • Choose Swedish rose hips, strawberries or black currants that contain a lot of vitamin C instead of buying oranges from another country.
  • Choose Swedish grilled cheese instead of halloumi from Cyprus, which means shorter transports and less antibiotics in the cheese.

Drink tap water

  • Drink Stockholm's good tap water instead of bottled water. This reduces the climate impact from manufacturing and transport.
  • Only use cold water for drinking and cooking. Hot water from the tap uses a lot of energy and can contain bacteria and, in some cases, lead.

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