Gastronomy and Culinary Arts students' views on food waste and food safety: Example of Istanbul province

Food production, which parallels with the growing population, has also led to an increasing trend in each passing period. A certain proportion of foods produced can cause losses due to many reasons. A third of the food produced ISAF. In recent years, with increasing global warming and the trend of depletion of resources, food waste has started to be seen as a problem that needs to be prevented. In order to prevent waste, individuals ' views on food waste were examined. In this study, the definition of food waste, the amount of wasted food, its causes, the determination of the knowledge levels of gastronomy and culinary arts students and the measures for their solutions to waste were given.