Bread made up nearly 20 percent of the food wasted by consumers in the Netherlands in 2022. This made bread and dough products the most-wasted product category, followed by vegetables and fruit.
Most frequently wasted food products in the Netherlands in 2022
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* 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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The Netherlands Nutrition Centre. (April 20, 2023). Most frequently wasted food products in the Netherlands in 2022 (as share of the total waste) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/733116/most-frequently-wasted-food-products-share-in-the-netherlands/
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