Household consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables continues to drop in Spain
Fruits
Vegetables
Spain
Published Nov 16, 2022
Tridge summary
The decrease in the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables in households in the first eight months of the year has occurred in all categories: fruit, vegetables and potatoes. Fruit fell 12% in volume, totaling 2.5 million kilos and the value fell 1%, totaling 4,371 million euros, with all fruits falling in volume except grapes (+9%) and mandarins (+2%).
Original content
The volume of vegetables consumed decreased by 15% compared to the same period in 2021 and spending by 8%, standing at 1.5 million kilos and 3,278 million euros respectively. The consumption of all vegetables decreased, such as tomato (-12%), lettuce (-12%), pepper (-19%), onion (-20%)…. And the demand for potatoes fell by 13% in volume, totaling 964 million kilos with an expense of 538 million euros (-6%). Household consumption has even regressed to pre-pandemic levels. In 2019 and in the analyzed period, from January to August, consumption was 5.2 ...
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