This statistic presents the amount of food waste in the United States in 2012, broken down by each food category. In that year, Americans wasted fresh vegetables worth of 27.1 billion U.S. dollars. In total, food worth of about 180 billion U.S. dollars was wasted by households, supermarkets, restaurants and other food service providers in the United States in 2012.
Amount of food wasted in the United States in 2012, by food category (in billion U.S. dollars)*
* Food waste of U.S. households, supermarkets, restaurants and other food service providers. Figures and categories have been derived from the infographic. Bloomberg Businessweek updated the USDA food waste numbers using inflation rates for each food category.
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Bloomberg Businessweek. (January 10, 2013). Amount of food wasted in the United States in 2012, by food category (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/262075/amount-of-wasted-food-in-the-us-by-food-category/
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