True to its name, the book uncovers the global food scandal and gives us an insight into the food waste at each and every process in the global food industry. The book also underlines the fact that our craving for over stocking food is cause of deforestation, global warming and climatic changes.

Over 1 billion metric tons. That's how much food the United Nations Environment Program says went to waste in 2022. That's nearly a fifth of all food produced across the globe. It's an estimated economic loss of over a trillion dollars, and it amounts to 174 pounds of food person per year.

One-third of all food produced globally by weight is lost or wasted between farm and fork — that's more than 1 billion tonnes. Converted into calories, this equates to 24% of the world's food supply going uneaten.

Simply put, food surplus occurs when the supply of food exceeds the demand for it. However, there are many ways and reasons this can happen. And it can happen at every stage from farm to fridge to fork involving farmers, manufacturers, retail outlets, hospitality providers and individual households.