In this edition, we explore what consumers think about healthy diets and examine responses by self-rated diet quality. Additional questions explore consumer perceptions of and preferences for healthy ...

Most consumers are somewhat familiar with seed oils, but overall, they feel unsure or neutral about common claims regarding the link between the oils and negative health outcomes, according to the ...

This week’s Data Snapshot features CFDAS data on weekly food expenditure in the United States. Using data from our Consumer Food Insights survey, the figure plots a nationally representative average ...

New questions this month explore consumer experiences with food prices and home food production. How do consumers describe current grocery prices? How are they adapting? Are they producing their own ...

The public’s familiarity with the term “food insecurity” and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is mixed, with approximately 40% of Americans reporting they are only “slightly ...

One hundred years ago, fish and shellfish were frequent visitors to dinner plates around the world. While not common knowledge at the time, the... Not even a morning rainstorm could keep a crowd out ...

How easy or difficult is it for consumers to know how healthy a food is when looking at the packaging? Diet quality plays a role. Consumers with excellent diets find it significantly easier to ...

The Department of Agricultural Economics published the 2022 Annual Outlook Issue of the Purdue Agricultural Economics Report earlier this month, including articles by my colleagues with specialized ...

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The new Consumer Food Insights from Purdue looks at consumers’ response to and experience with rising food prices, by different generations.

Key insights include: 69% of consumers are classified as “thriving” and 10% are classified as “suffering” on the diet well-being scale. 77% of consumers say they have noticed shrinkflation in some or ...

Key insights include: Those who spend the least on food score lowest on nutrition, security and economic sustainability. Around two-thirds of consumers have used a food ordering app; almost half of ...