Data Snapshots - Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability (CFDAS)

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thumbnail image of chart showing food away from home spending by income.

Dining Dollars: Income Shapes Where We Eat Out

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Topic: Consumer Spending

As income increases, where people spend their Food Away from Home (FAFH) dollars shifts.

August 21, 2025

Chart showing percentage consumers who would choose "healthy" labeled bread based on five different premium prices.

How much more would consumers pay for “healthy” sliced bread?

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Topic: Consumer Preferences

A recent CFDAS survey explored this question and found 77% of participants would choose bread labeled “healthy” when it costs the same as regular bread — but the share of consumers choosing the “healthy” option declined as the premium increased.

August 14, 2025

Chart showing frequency consumers check food labels based on diet quality.

Estimated Diet Quality Correlates with Frequency of Checking Nutrition Labels

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Topic: Nutrition

42% of healthy eaters always check nutrition labels compared to only 18% in the unhealthy group when grocery shopping. What does this tell us? The Data Snapshot offers insight.

August 8, 2025

Thumbnail of a chart showing consumers' agreement or disagreement with statement about easy access to healthy foods, by diet quality classification.

CFI Shows Availability of Healthy Food Doesn’t Guarantee Healthy Diets

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Topic: Consumer Spending

Does easy access to healthy foods correspond to better diets? The latest Data Snapshot suggests there’s more than access at play in consumers’ food choices.

July 31, 2025

Food-at-Home Spending Jumps in May 2025

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Topic: Consumer Spending

This week we feature CFDAS data on weekly household food expenditure from Jan. 2022 through June 2025 and highlight two patterns.

July 24, 2025

Consumers associate “healthy” food labels with traditional nutritional attributes and minimal processing

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Topic: Consumer Spending

When food products are marketed as “healthy,” what qualities do consumers expect that they have?

July 17, 2025

Diet Quality Shapes Consumers’ Ability to Interpret Healthy Food Packaging

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Topic: Consumer Spending, Nutrition

How easy or difficult is it for consumers to know how healthy a food is when looking at the packaging? Diet quality plays a role.

July 10, 2025

Cost of a Cheeseburger

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Topic: Consumer Spending

As American fire up their backyard grills, the cost of a home-cooked cheeseburger reaches $2.50.

July 3, 2025

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