This statistic shows the result of a survey on the reasons for consuming seafood in Sweden in 2017. The good taste of seafood named 80 percent of respondents as the main reason to eat it. That seafood consumption is good for the health, answered 64 percent of respondents and a share of 41 percent had the opinion, that seafood is a low-fat alternative to other food.
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The source report is based on surveys conducted by several independent market research bureaus, including GfK Sverige, Kantar TNS Sifo and Scandinavian Retail Center.
The source does not provide the number of respondents or the concrete survey period.
The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original.
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Norges sjømatråd. (September 19, 2017). Why do you consume seafood? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/809582/survey-on-reasons-for-consuming-seafood-in-sweden/
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Norges sjømatråd. (2017). Why do you consume seafood?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/809582/survey-on-reasons-for-consuming-seafood-in-sweden/
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