"Diese Karte zeigt, wie ungleich das Verhältnis Europas zu hochverarbeiteten Lebensmitteln tatsächlich ist. In Ländern wie dem Vereinigten Königreich, Irland und Deutschland sind über 45–50 % der Lebensmitteleinkäufe im Haushalt hochverarbeitete Lebensmittel, die eher auf Haltbarkeit, Schnelligkeit und Gewinn als auf Nährwert ausgelegt sind.
Unterdessen liegt der Anteil in weiten Teilen Südeuropas, darunter Frankreich, Italien, Spanien und Griechenland, weitaus niedriger, oft unter 20 %, was auf eine stärkere Esskultur, Kochtraditionen und den Bezug zu frischen Zutaten zurückzuführen ist. Wo echte Lebensmittel geschützt, zugänglich und wertgeschätzt werden, essen die Menschen besser. Wo die Bequemlichkeit dominiert, zahlt die Gesundheit stillschweigend den Preis."
Von BartAndLisaHadIncest
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Crazy how well the green areas align with countries where the food is actually good.
What makes food ultra processed?
Processed in what way?
Think about it….where it’s cold, people have had to rely on food that can be preserved. This has been learned over the centuries. Food engineered for shelf life? Yes, that was once called survival through the winter months.
Places with a warm climate and long growing season can grab fruit off of a tree whenever they want.
Ofc, ultra-processing for profit is a thing. But let’s be just a little bit fair.
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Germany felled by sausage, again
I gotta ask. What’s the U.S.?
The difference is spending $400 or $1400 a month on food.
Eating fresh food and cooking is more expensive than buying processed
Colder weather requires more food processing.
Wow, the US really is Britain’s child
The northern countries just don’t have access to cheap fresh produce in the winters.
When we have a spot about clichet, english people swears that they have amazing good and they got a bad rep from WW2. Yes, they might have among the best restaurant in the world, but that’s not what define a national cuisine.
Oh my, how’s Germany’s life expectancy so high
don’t let the color choice deceive you, this is absolutely r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT
Curious that they left Belgium (44.6% in the source artcile) and Norway (36.9%) off the map, but it wouldn’t be a World in Maps product without something wrong or missing. Kudos to OP for giving the source when the map failed to properly do so.
Quote: surveys conducted between 1991 and 2008
When I was in the UK a few years ago, I didn’t notice many frozen or prepackaged foods like we have in grocery stores here in Canada. But I did notice a lot of ready to eat meals that can be eaten on the road. The grocery stores were also a lot smaller than in Canada.
I’m surprised that they eat so much processed food there.
Why is Greece so fat?
Soup counts as ultra processed food? It’s basically spices, salt and dried vegetables.
