On average, Dutch consumers waste approximately 33 kilos of food per person per year. The most frequently wasted product was bread, at over six kilos per year.
Most frequently wasted food products in the Netherlands in 2022
(waste per capita per year in kilos)
* Results are a combination of three different surveys. CREM Waste Management analyzed the waste of 130 households in 13 municipalities, Flycatcher Internet Research questioned 1,008 consumers about their food waste, and Kantar Public tracked the waste of 834 respondents through an app.
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