diff --git a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Custom/CustomCells/FoodCategoryCell/FoodCategoryCell.m b/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Custom/CustomCells/FoodCategoryCell/FoodCategoryCell.m
index 0fc24fe..828f189 100644
--- a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Custom/CustomCells/FoodCategoryCell/FoodCategoryCell.m
+++ b/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Custom/CustomCells/FoodCategoryCell/FoodCategoryCell.m
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ - (void)dealloc {
 //Utiliza as informações do model para popular a célula
 -(void)setCategoryModel:(FoodCategoryModel*)categoryModel_{
     categoryModel = categoryModel_;
-    //todo: criar method auxiliar para verificar a existencia de imagens no projeto
-    if ([categoryModel_.imageName isEqualToString:@"default.png"]) {
+    if (![Utils existThisImage:categoryModel_.imageName]) {
         //gatodo: categoryMode.name sem imagem
         categoryModel_.imageName = @"defaultImage.png";
     }
diff --git a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.h b/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.h
index b56fc88..3336107 100644
--- a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.h
+++ b/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 +(void)debugAlert:(NSString*)message;
 
++(BOOL)existThisImage:(NSString*)imageName;
+
 @end
 
 @interface NSString (custom)
diff --git a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.m b/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.m
index 7209bcb..4576a8f 100644
--- a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.m
+++ b/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/Utils/Utils.m
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ + (Utils *) sharedInstance{
     return _instance;
 }
 
+#pragma mark - UIImage
+
+//Verifica se existe no projeto, alguma imagem com esse nome
++(BOOL)existThisImage:(NSString*)imageName{
+    UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:imageName];
+    if (image) {
+        return YES;
+    }
+    return NO;
+}
+
 #pragma mark - NSString auxiliar
 
 //retorna uma NSString minuscula e sem acento
diff --git a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/images/default b/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/images/default
deleted file mode 100644
index c708c95..0000000
Binary files a/PaleoProject/PaleoProject/images/default and /dev/null differ