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Net increase in consumption of Fruit & Vegetables
Italy
Tuesday 23 May 2017
FJ
Turnaround in Italy, consumption of Fruit & Vegetables is on the rise again.
Italian consumers are pleased with Fruits & Vegetables, their consumption has just recorded the rate of increase never seen before of + 4%.
A COLDIRETTI analysis based on the first two months of 2017 shows that Italian consumers have increased their consumption of fruit and vegetables by 4%. The volume of purchases amounts to about 1.3 million tons, of which 711,000 tons of fruit and more than 590,000 tons of vegetables.
The highest increases were recorded for potatoes, lettuces and tomatoes (+ 9%), artichokes (+ 7%) and raddichio (+ 11%). For fruits, kiwifruit (+ 8%), clementines (+ 7%), apples (+ 4%), oranges (+ 2%) and pears (+ 1%).
This reversal of trend, according to COLDIRETTI, is due to changes in lifestyle that encourages demand for healthier and natural foods.
source : italyjournal.it, radiowebitalia.it
