This statistic shows the results of a recent survey conducted among U.S. consumers in 2016. The respondents were asked how healthy or unhealthy they consider a list of selected food products. The results revealed that kombucha had an average score of 3.3 on a scale from one to five with 5 being "very healthy".
Consumer beliefs about the healthiness of food products in the United States in 2016, by category*
* The question was phrased by the source as follows: “How healthy or unhealthy do you consider each of the following foods?” Individuals responded on a five-point scale: 1=very unhealthy, 2=somewhat healthy, 3=neither healthy nor
unhealthy, 4=somewhat healthy, and 5 = very healthy.
The source does not provide any information about the age of the respondents.
FooDS is a monthly online survey with a sample size of at least 1,000 individuals, weighted to match the U.S. population in terms of age, gender, education and region of residence.
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Department of Agricultural Economics. (October 14, 2016). Consumer beliefs about the healthiness of food products in the United States in 2016, by category* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/660961/us-consumer-beliefs-about-healthiness-selected-food-products/
Department of Agricultural Economics. "Consumer beliefs about the healthiness of food products in the United States in 2016, by category* ." Chart. October 14, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/660961/us-consumer-beliefs-about-healthiness-selected-food-products/
Department of Agricultural Economics. (2016). Consumer beliefs about the healthiness of food products in the United States in 2016, by category* . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/660961/us-consumer-beliefs-about-healthiness-selected-food-products/
Department of Agricultural Economics. "Consumer Beliefs about The Healthiness of Food Products in The United States in 2016, by Category* ." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/660961/us-consumer-beliefs-about-healthiness-selected-food-products/
Department of Agricultural Economics, Consumer beliefs about the healthiness of food products in the United States in 2016, by category* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/660961/us-consumer-beliefs-about-healthiness-selected-food-products/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Consumer beliefs about the healthiness of food products in the United States in 2016, by category* [Graph], Department of Agricultural Economics, October 14, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/660961/us-consumer-beliefs-about-healthiness-selected-food-products/
