Publications

Consumer Food Insights, Volume 4, Issue 3, March 2025

New questions this month explore consumer experiences with food prices and home food production. How do consumers describe current grocery prices? How are they adapting? Are they producing their own food? The report also includes urban-rural classification as part of its demographic analysis this month.

TYPE: Consumer Food Insights
DATE: April 9, 2025
TOPIC: Consumer Preferences, Consumer Spending
KEYWORDS: consumer behaviors, fruit and vegetable gardening, gardening, home food production, spending
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Purdue’s American Diet Quality Index: Introducing a new tool for tracking America’s nutrition

This month, the Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability introduces a new tool that measures national diet quality on a monthly basis. Purdue's American Diet Quality Index provides near-real time information about adult consumers' diets and, combined with our other research efforts, will give insight into how diet quality interacts with the broader food system, consumer behavior and economic conditions.
TYPE: Chew on This! Blog
DATE: March 26, 2025
ACCESS: Free

Consumer Food Insights, Volume 4, Issue 2: February 2025

New questions this month explore consumer perceptions of processed foods. Do they know what they are? Are people concerned about their healthfulness? Why do they think people might choose them over unprocessed or minimally processed alternatives?

TYPE: Consumer Food Insights
DATE: March 12, 2025
TOPIC: Consumer Preferences, Consumer Spending, Nutrition, Processed Foods
KEYWORDS: consumer behaviors, consumers, diet quality, nutrition, processed foods, spending
ACCESS: Free

Consumer Food Insights, Volume 4, Issue 1: January 2025

The new Consumer Food Insights results from Purdue University shows stress levels due to grocery prices are mixed, and most consumers are at least somewhat familiar with the concept of tariffs.

TYPE: Consumer Food Insights
DATE: February 12, 2025
TOPIC: Consumer Preferences, Consumer Spending, Politics, Prices
KEYWORDS: consumers, tariffs
ACCESS: Free

Hybrid Burgers: A Sustainable Strategic Middle Ground?

The debate over plant-based versus traditional meat consumption is growing louder as consumers, producers and policymakers grapple with sustainability and dietary shifts. While entirely plant-based meat alternatives have captured headlines, hybrid meat products —blending plant-based proteins with traditional meat — might offer a compelling middle ground.
TYPE: Chew on This! Blog
DATE: January 21, 2025
ACCESS: Free

Consumer Food Insights, Volume 3, Issue 12: December 2024

The new Consumer Food Insights results from Purdue University focus on consumer trends in 2024 and ahead to consumer diets and plans for 2025.

TYPE: Consumer Food Insights
DATE: January 13, 2025
TOPIC: Consumer Preferences, Consumer Spending, Supply & Production
KEYWORDS: consumer behaviors, consumers, Food availability, GLP-1
ACCESS: Free

Food Inflation Perceptions: How Politics Shape Our View of Food Prices

Recent data reveals fascinating trends in how Americans perceive and predict food inflation. The findings highlight not only the gap between official estimates of inflation and what consumers experience in the marketplace but also show how political ideology shapes these perceptions.
TYPE: Chew on This! Blog
DATE: December 18, 2024
ACCESS: Free

Consumer Food Insights, Volume 3, Issue 11: November 2024

The new Consumer Food Insights results from Purdue University focus on changes in consumer food behavior and spending due to the recent natural disasters in the U.S.

TYPE: Consumer Food Insights
DATE: December 10, 2024
TOPIC: Consumer Preferences, Consumer Spending, Politics
KEYWORDS: consumer
ACCESS: Free
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