It also includes food bought by tourists and brought abroad This means that the consumption figure is associated with quite some uncertainty. It describes food waste as a whole including unavoidable waste so the relevance is scored by 4 and not 5. The methodology is quite transparent and can be confidently used by relevant stakeholders, provided the data exist and they are credible. Data on population are widely available. It describes food waste as a whole including unavoidable waste so the relevance is scored by 4 and not 5.