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Healthy food costs more than double less healthy options, analysis says (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A basket of healthy food costs more than double that of less healthy options, according to new analysis.

The Food Foundation found that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for the equivalent amount of less healthy food, such as ready meals and processed meats.

The charity is warning that low-income families are being priced out of being able to afford to eat healthily.

The government has said it is committed to introducing an 'ambitious' food strategy that will tackle unhealthy diets.

The analysis carried out for the Food Foundation looked at the average price of 450 items that the Office for National Statistics uses to calculate monthly inflation. It graded foods based on their nutritional value, according to guidance from the Food Standards Agency.

The analysis suggests the gap has widened in the last two years, with the price of healthy foods rising by 21%, while unhealthy options increased by 11%.

The charity warns that 60% of an estimated eight million households dealing with food insecurity in 2024 have reduced how much fruit they buy, while 44% have cut down on vegetables.

Its research found that the poorest families would need to spend 45% of their disposable income on food to be able to afford to eat the government recommended healthy diet, rising to 70% for those with children.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Healthy food is a loaded term, the average advice is expensive because you need organic food raised cleanly and delivered fresh, all of that has cost.

Fat is being vilified and replaced with, oils? That has a cost too

For a ASF based diet:

My butcher gives away fat, pennies per lbs.
Cheap ground beef is (2-3)£ / lb (1100 kcal)
Liver is very inexpensive as well.

So 1,000 kcal of ASF is a bit less then 2£, and full nutrition as well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

yeah i've never understood this idea that healthy food is expensive, potatoes are one of the cheapest foods possible in europe and quite a healthy food even if they're starch-heavy.