Price of healthy food is rising faster than unhealthy products in the Netherlands

Healthy food products have become 21 percent more expensive in the last ten years, while the price of unhealthy food and drink has increased by only 15 percent. This is evident from figures from Statistics Netherlands and the Netherlands Nutrition Center. It also appears that the Dutch spend an average of 7.18 euros per day on food and drinks for home use. Statistics Netherlands and the Netherlands Nutrition Center looked at the retail prices of healthy and unhealthy foods in the period 2010-2020. This shows that food and drink at home has become 18 percent more expensive in ten years. In addition, the prices of healthy food rose faster than those of unhealthy counterparts. In the last two years, however, this has turned out to be the other way around. In the past year, unhealthy food became 2.3 percent more expensive and healthy products 1.8 percent more expensive. The price increases of unhealthy products vary widely. In the space of ten years, butter has become no less than 66 ...