According to the latest data from the Food Consumption Panel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) corresponding to the month of October 2022, from January to October of last year Spanish households consumed 5,688 million kilos of fruits and vegetables, i.e. 13% less than in the same period of the previous year.
In this period, vegetable consumption in Spanish households stood at 1,964 million kilos (-14% less than in the same period of 2021). Consumption of the most consumed vegetables decreased: tomato consumption, for example, stood at 463 million kilos (-12%); onion consumption at 228 million kilos (-19%); peppers at 165 million kilos (-18%), and the lettuce, endive, and escarole group, at 142 million kilos (-11.5%). Potato consumption also fell in the analyzed period, standing at 710 million kilos, i.e. 11% less.
The demand for fresh fruits in the first ten months of 2022 stood at 3.194 million kilos, i.e. 12% less than in the same period in 2021. Consumption of practically all fruits has fallen. Orange decreased by 9% and stood at 532 million kilos, bananas consumption amounted to 447 million kilos (-15%); apple consumption stood at 327 million kilos (-7%); watermelon at 301 million kilos (-25%); melon at 291 million kilos (-16%), and strawberry at 108 million kilos (-8%). Only grapes consumption recorded a positive behavior in Spanish households, standing at 78 million kilos (+4.5%).
Expenditure on fruit and vegetables in the period analyzed decreased by 2.5%, totaling 11,010 million euro. Expenditure on vegetables stood at 4,154 million euro (-6% less), and expenditure on potatoes stood at 688 million euro (-3%). Meanwhile, expenditure on fruits stood at 6,167 million euro and was practically the same as in the previous year (+0.2%), according to the latest data from the Food Consumption Panel of the MAPA processed by FEPEX.
Source: fepex.es
