Dutch fruits 26% more expensive in ten years

The prices of healthier foods have increased by an average of 21 percent in ten years. The price increase of unhealthy products was almost 15 percent smaller, CBS reports. In the past two years, however, the prices of unhealthy food have risen slightly more on an annual basis than those of the healthier choice. Price increase of fresh vegetables relatively low, that of fruit relatively highFresh vegetables have risen in price by 6 percent much less than fruit in ten years. Vegetable preserves became 12 percent more expensive. Fresh and chilled fruit has become 26 percent more expensive in ten years, dried fruit and nuts have gone up 29 percent. The price increase for canned fruit was smaller (16 percent). The price development of ...