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Our fifth consumer attitudes survey

Wednesday 16 March 2005

The Food Standards Agency's fifth Consumer Attitudes to Food survey shows an increase in people's concerns about their diet and health.

Salt levels are the top food concern, with fat and sugar also appearing in the list of top five. More people than ever before are checking food labels to find out how much salt, fat and sugar is in the food. Over the past five years, among people who check labels, the number of people who say they look for nutritional details has risen to 75% in 2004, from just over half in 2000. The level of concern about BSE has fallen by almost a quarter since 2000. Other five-year trends include:

the number of people claiming to have eaten five portions of fruit and vegetables the previous day has risen from just over a quarter in 2000 to half of all consumers in 2004
knowledge of the '5 a day' message of eating fruit and vegetables has increased from 43% in 2000, to 58% in 2004
concern about the safety of raw beef has fallen dramatically, from over half of all consumers in 2000, to just over a third in 2004
concern about the accuracy of food labelling has risen from 35% in 2000 to 44% in 2004

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