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60% -- share of added sugar from discretionary foods for Finnish household food purchases (2026)
Discretionary foods accounted for 60% of the added sugar in the food purchases of Finnish households.
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60%
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Data Vintage
2026
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30,000
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95
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60
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30
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45
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95
Source
University of Helsinki, Tampere University, Natural Resources Institute Finland
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https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LDEMM908/discretionary-foods-strain-finances-and-the-environment.htm… ↗
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Discretionary foods strain finances and the environment
A large share of the environmental impact of Finnish food purchases stems from discretionary, often unhealthy foods. Households also appear to spend the same amount of money on their primary protein sources in proportion to the energy content of their food purchases, even though their protein source…
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University of Helsinki, Tampere University, Natural Resources Institute Finland
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Purchase-data study of Finnish S Group co-op members
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Finnish household food purchases: 60% share of added sugar from discretionary foods. Source: University of Helsinki, Tampere University, Natural Resources Institute Finland (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/discretionary-foods-added-sugar-share
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