Swedes neglect their fruit and veg: report
Published: 13 Aug 09 08:45 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/21278/20090813/
Sweden trails behind its European neighbours in regard to consumption of fruit and vegetables, a new report from sector organisation Freshfel has shown.
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"It shows that we have a lot of work to do. We should eat twice the amount of fruit and vegetables than we do today," concluded nutrition expert Ulf Bohman at the National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket).
The survey covered the 27 European Union countries plus Norway and was conducted by Freshfel which is a sector organisation for the fruit and vegetable industry.
Swedish authorities have long since recommended the consumption of 500 grammes of fruit and vegetables daily - the so called five-a-day campaign.
Within this five-a-day is included berries, juice, dried fruit, root vegetables and legumes but not potatoes.
Ulf Bohman explained to the newspaper that the nutritional advice has been developed as science has proven a link between a high intake of fruit and vegetables and a lower incidence of cancer.
Swedes are reported to have doubled their intake of fruit and vegetables since 1960 and prices have remained relatively stable for the past decade.
There are however significant variations among social classes, between the sexes and the generations.
Older people are better than the young, women better than men, and higher educated better than lower, figures show.
The report shows the Greeks leading the way when it comes to fruit and vegetable consumption, while all the Nordic countries come in under the European average.
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If you speak to any non Swede over fruit and veg, this is the first complaint you here regarding food.
Swedish culture, excepts and allows shops to serve or have stacked rotten fruit and veg.
It is simply no fun to make a salat or fruit salat with pear that taste like nothing but water and salad that is brown and sloppy :(
Where do you live,..another planet?
Round here in Dalarna - people often get their fruit/vegetables from other higher quality sources:
- direct from farm shops or local farmers' markets
- they grow their own in a big way - either in the garden or on allotments
- or they go to the woods and pick free fruits and vegetables such as wild mushrooms/bilberries and lingonberries
You have to beat the fruit flys off it if you want to eat first!
PS: what is it with putting salads in earth and charging 3x normal price. Who the *u*k would every want to take one leaf off at a time in the hope they could grow more.
Is it Thursday yet? I was looking forward to brown pea soup, thyme and pancakes with strawberry jam... don't pea soup and strawberry jam count as fruit and vegetables?
We grow a lot of our own vegetables and purchase directly from local farmers in summer. I'd guess that many Swedes do the same. In the winter we have no choice but to purchase at the grocery store in both countries.