A partnership between Sodexo Live! and The Devil's Kitchen will champion a tasty, low-carbon, plant-forward burger at football clubs Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Everton FC and Preston North End during 'Green Football Weekend' from 3rd to 5th February.
The event involves more than 90 top football clubs across the UK, sports broadcasters, leagues, brands, communities and millions of fans to unite for the planet and is a testament to how the power of sport can bring positive environmental change.
Low-carbon meal option, the Shiitake Mushroom Burger, produces only 0.5kg of CO2e representing a substantial improvement over the average CO2e per meal in the UK which stands at 1.6kg of CO2e.
Crafted for taste and sustainability, the Devil's Kitchen Shiitake mushroom burger features a toasted La Boulangerie vegan brioche style bun, vegan Applewood cheese slices, a mix of exotic marinated and seasoned mushrooms and plant-based garlic mayonnaise.
Burgers continue to be one of the most popular choices on menus and the Shiitake Mushroom burger now allows supporters to have an equally flavoursome snack using plant-based, low-carbon ingredients on match days.
The five football clubs targeted for Green Football Weekend are all Sodexo clients and already offer alternative meat-free options, including vegetarian pies with ingredients sourced locally where possible.
Ben Dutson, Food Innovation Director for Sodexo Live!
UK & Ireland which provides catering and hospitality at nine UK stadia in total, says: "Sodexo Live! is resolute in its commitment to ensuring 70% of main dishes on our menus can be labelled ‘low-carbon’ by 2030, and that food waste is reduced by 50% by 2025.
“While we know there is a lot more everyone can do in this space, the Green Football Weekend is a perfect opportunity to show our customers that our low carbon and plant-based meals can be interesting and tasty, and we are proud to support this great initiative.”
Food is an important contributor to the overall climate impact of football. Choosing a veggie alternative in the ground is a simple way to help address the climate crisis, and can have significant impact if you make it a habit.
Sarah Jacobs, Director of Green Football Weekend, adds: “Food is an important contributor to the overall climate impact of football.
“If the UK’s football fans ate one veggie meal a day, it would save as much carbon as taking 5.5 million cars off the road.
We are delighted to be working with Sodexo Live! to help protect our world as part of Green Football Weekend.”
Sodexo recently launched its first annual Sustainable Food Barometer which reports that 73 per cent of participants surveyed for the study in the United Kingdom believe adopting a more sustainable way of eating is now an imperative.
By introducing the plant forward burgers, it says it is demonstrating football fans can boost their nutrition and contribute to reducing carbon emissions.
Sodexo recently launched its first annual Sustainable Food Barometer which reports that 73 per cent of participants surveyed for the study in the United Kingdom believe adopting a more sustainable way of eating is now an imperative.
