Remarkably, consumers are only paying 21.2% more for their canned and frozen vegetables than they did twenty-three years ago. This is by far the lowest price inflation of any food category.

Compare that to Fresh Fruits & Vegetables, where average consumer prices have increased by 183.1%. That means that fresh vegetable prices have nearly tripled in the last twenty-three years!

It has been shown that canned, frozen, and fresh vegetables have the same nutritional value. Click here to learn more.

UNADJUSTED
All Items
All Food
Food at Home
Food Away from Home
Cereal & Cereal Products
Bakery Products
Beef & Veal
Pork
Poultry
Fish & Seafood
Eggs
Dairy Products
Fresh Fruits & Vegetables

Processed Fruits & Vegetables

Sugar & Sweets
Fats & Oils
Carbonated Drinks
Coffee
Other Foods

(1982=100)
198.8
191.4
190.0
194.6
185.6
220.1
197.9
178.6
188.9
200.4
148.3
181.8
283.1

121.2

165.8
169.4
133.9
163.5
183.1