Good ingredients for good meals

The path to more sustainability in Cofoco begins with the choices we make. About what ingredients we use and what we put on our plates. We are conscious of the climate footprint of each ingredient, and we care about where our ingredients come from and how they are produced. Many of our menus are based on seasonal ingredients, so we can ensure that we can source them locally.

We develop our dishes based on the belief that vegetables should have a prominent place on the plate, and it is possible to order vegetarian and vegan menus at all our restaurants. When meat is included on the plate, we usually focus on fish, poultry, and pork, leaving beef as an option.

We strive to use as many organic ingredients as possible, especially when it comes to meat, eggs and dairy products in our restaurants. We prefer to work with suppliers who focus on animal welfare, such as Fiskerikajen, Himmerlandskød, Naturmælk, Rokkedahl, La Treccia, Friland, and Hopballe Mølle.

Our approach is based on the belief that good taste begins where the ingredients are produced - and that is why we prioritize responsible choices when it comes to quality and sustainability.

Food waste

We work actively every day to reduce unnecessary food waste. We continuously adjust our portion sizes to match the amount of food our guests eat. We make optimal use of every single ingredient, for example by using by-products to make soup or stock, and we save surplus ingredients to use in staff meals.

We sort waste at all our restaurants to ensure that the waste we produce can be recycled in the best possible way.

Water

At all Cofoco restaurants, we serve filtered tap water with or without gas. Denmark has some of the best water in the world, so we see no reason to transport expensively packaged water from distant corners of the globe and sell it at inflated prices.

We charge a small amount for our water and serve it ad libitum. It may seem strange to some that we do this, since we “just” tap it from the tap, but the small fee helps to ensure the maintenance and replacement of filtration systems, glass bottles for serving, labor for filtration, serving, and cleaning, etc.