Watermelon, peach, peppers… these fruits and vegetables whose price has exploded

Peach (+25%), pepper (+37%), vine tomato (+31%) or green beans (+21%) are also among the products whose average price is soaring according to a study by the Rural Families consumer association. Conversely, onions (-14%), apples (-7%) or carrots (-3%) are cheaper on average than the previous year.

Among fruits, the champion of inflation is watermelon, the price of which jumped 40% between 2021 and 2022 according to a study by the consumer association Familles Rurales published this Friday on the basis of a price observatory for everyday consumer goods. This jump is explained by a lower production due to the difficult climatic conditions. Peach (+25%), pepper (+37%), vine tomato (+31%) or green beans (+21%) are also among the products whose average price is skyrocketing. Conversely, onions (-14%), apples (-7%) or carrots (-3%) are cheaper on average than the previous year.

More broadly, the average price difference for non-organic fruits and vegetables between 2021 and 2022 is 11%. A figure twice higher than the current level of inflation in France. In detail, the price of the fruit basket increased by 8% and that of vegetables by 15%. In organic farming, which is generally more expensive, the increases are less pronounced with 4% for fruit and… a 3% drop in the price of vegetables. In organic farming, peaches (+28%), lemons (+13%), watermelon (+11%) and peppers (+10%) are the products whose price has risen the most, while many vegetables have seen their prices stagnate or fall.

The more limited increase in organic prices can be explained, according to the association, by the lower use of inputs and above all by greater difficulty in selling production, as consumers seem to have turned away from the most expensive food products.

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A general increase in food products

Familles Rurales recalls that from May 2012 to May 2022, the prices of fresh fruit increased by 42% and those of fresh vegetables by 37%. At the same time, food prices and the general consumer price index increased by 15% and 13% respectively.

Faced with this increase, the association calls on political leaders to devote a food check to all those who are today excluded from healthy products for their health, for lack of sufficient budget.

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