Aussies are eating less fruit and vegetables and consuming less milk in a surprising twist in the nation’s dietary trends, which has been attributed to rising prices at the checkout.
A surprising new detail has been revealed about Aussie eating and drinking habits, with many shoppers going without key grocery items as checkout prices continue to rise.
Vegetables had the largest drop of 14g per person per day, followed by fruit, which was down to 12g per person per day.Aussies are eating less fruit and vegetables and drinking less milk as rising grocery prices continue to bite, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Picture: NCA NewsWire
“We also went from eating 150g of fruit to 138g a day during 2022-23, while milk products fell from 278g to 267g.”In the two years to June 2023, the cumulative Consumer Price Index increase for food and non-alcoholic beverages was 13.9 per cent, compared to a 4.9 per cent increase over the prior three years.
“The recent price increases in food, along with a general increase in all consumer prices is consistent with a lower volume of food being purchased despite the value of food retail turnover in 2022-23 exceeding previous years,” the ABS’ report states.Consumption of potato chips is up 16 per cent, while the rate of chocolate consumption is up 10 per cent.
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