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$40,000,000,000
$40,000,000,000 -- annual cost of food fraud for global food supply chain (2025)
The estimated global annual cost of food fraud is around $40 billion.
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$40,000,000,000
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Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Digicomply / Authenticate
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Tier B
https://www.trykitchenhub.com/post/10-most-controversial-restaurant-industry-moments-in-2025 ↗
Source Article
10 Controversial Restaurant Industry Moments in 2025 | KitchenHub Blog
2025 was supposed to be the year restaurants bounced back from inflation hell, but nope, enter bankruptcies, chef beatdowns, food poisoning lawsuits, and review-bombing wars that made Twitter look tame. From chains imploding to influencers tanking spots with one viral vid, the industry served up con…
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Digicomply / Authenticate
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Food safety platforms Digicomply and Authenticate
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IndustryFood & Beverage
RegionGlobal
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global food supply chain: $40,000,000,000 annual cost of food fraud. Source: Digicomply / Authenticate (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-food-fraud-cost-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-food-fraud-cost-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>$40,000,000,000</strong> -- annual cost of food fraud for global food supply chain<br><small>Source: Digicomply / Authenticate (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-food-fraud-cost-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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