In 2020, 47 percent of respondents 65 years of age and older from the United Kingdom slightly agreed that they read ingredients on a pack of food before buying it compared to 27 percent of respondents between 18 and 24 years of age. A combined 64 percent of respondents 65 years of age and older agreed overall (combined numbers of respondents in the age group that strongly and slightly agree).
Do you read the ingredients on the pack before buying it?*
* The original survey question was phrased as follows: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statements below? --- I read the ingredients on the pack before buying it."
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dunnhumby Beyond. (July 20, 2020). Do you read the ingredients on the pack before buying it?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135177/consumers-checking-food-product-labels-by-age-group-uk/
dunnhumby Beyond. "Do you read the ingredients on the pack before buying it?*." Chart. July 20, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135177/consumers-checking-food-product-labels-by-age-group-uk/
dunnhumby Beyond. (2020). Do you read the ingredients on the pack before buying it?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135177/consumers-checking-food-product-labels-by-age-group-uk/
dunnhumby Beyond. "Do You Read The Ingredients on The Pack before Buying It?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1135177/consumers-checking-food-product-labels-by-age-group-uk/
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