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The Spanish have reduced their consumption of fruits and vegetables in the first eight months of 2018 by 1%, according to Fepex, with total volumes reaching 5.2 million kilos. The […]
Mon 03/12/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Meanwhile, the EU’s consumption of citrus fruit has increased in response to campaigns highlighting the health benefits of the fruit. It is also the result of innovation (the development of […]
Wed 31/01/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Consumers in the UK spent £176.4m more on fresh fruit this year than they did in 2016. Nielsen found that fresh fruit and free-from foods were the fastest-growing grocery categories of the year in the UK, […]
Tue 02/01/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Over the past two seasons, citrus consumption has been slow to recover in Western Europe. However, in Eastern Europe, it is another story, with consumption rising steadily, from 9kg per […]
Mon 04/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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EU consumption of fresh tomatoes is set to remain stable or slightly decrease, with a steady net importing situation, according to the European Commission’s EU Agricultural Outlook. But the market […]
Mon 02/01/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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The stable volumes of fruit and vegetable purchases in the past 10 years mask large variations by species and a sharp rise in retail prices. These are the main lessons […]
Tue 13/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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More than a third of the European Union population aged 15 or over did not eat fruit and vegetables on a daily basis in 2014. And less than 15% consumed […]
Wed 19/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The market is growing by over 5% a year with fruit and vegetables the most imported food. It is estimated that the rise in food consumption in the GCC countries […]
Thu 02/06/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Worldwide production of tomatoes shows an upward trend, but the same can’t be said for per capita consumption of fresh produce. According to Philippe Binard of Freshfel, the European fresh […]
Thu 05/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
