Street Food around the World: A Review of the Literature

This review aims to analyze the various studies dealing with street food. It is also called “street catering”, “the informal food sector”, “eating out”, “popular catering” or “food outside home”… The persistence of explained by rapid urbanization and multiple constraints associated it: distance between workplaces home, poverty, lack transport canteens in workplace. sector provides jobs allows poor eat more cheaply. Consumers foods are children, pupils, students, unemployed, workers, men women. Street sold women men, sometimes children. offers a wide range foods, different names, depending on country. There breakfast based bread sandwiches, cereal porridge, donuts, cookies, pastries, dairy products… Then there main dishes for lunch dinner, which often traditional family menus, grilled meats industrial foods. Fruits vegetables street. In streets, drinks popular than drinks. high fat, carbohydrates therefore very energetic. accounts 2% - 10% agricultural economy. meals cheaper (US $0.1 US $3) account 30% household expenditure. evaluation good handling practices microbial quality reveals that these present risks health consumers constitute public problem. addition, use non-biodegradable plastic packaging sale has negative environmental consequences. Globally, not regulated. requires establishment control structures clean up this curb potential hazards.