Australian fruit consumption sees modest rebound as vegetable purchases hit seven-year low
Add Fresh Fruit Portal to GoogleAustralia’s fruit sector has some reasons to celebrate. The latest Apparent Consumption of Selected Foodstuffs report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals that fruit product consumption rose from 4.8 to 4.9 ounces per person per day, a 1.4 percent year-on-year increase.
Oranges, kiwifruit, and table grapes helped support the annual increase, while berries emerged as the strongest growth category over the longer term.
“Berry fruit was the only category to increase over this period, rising by 0.08 ounces per capita per day (18.9 percent),” the assessment said.
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Despite the latest recovery, overall fruit consumption remains below historical levels, ABS noted. Apparent per capita intake reached 5.2 ounces per day, approximately 0.3 ounces above the 2024/25 figure.
Vegetable consumption, however, moved in the opposite direction, declining 1.7 percent to 6.4 ounces per person per day, down from 6.5 ounces. Consumption stood at 6.8 ounces per person per day in 2018/19 and reached approximately seven ounces in 2020/21 before retreating. The latest figure represents a 5.9 percent decline from the 2018/19 level.
“Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and similar brassica vegetables, down 0.5 grams to 12.5 grams (-3.8 percent),” the report found.
*Main image by Kerin Gedge via Unsplash.
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