BLE: Tomatoes account for 27 percent of vegetable consumption
With a consumption of over 30 kg per person in the 2021/22 marketing year, tomatoes are the Germans' favourite vegetable. They also include processed products such as ketchup. At 101,800 t, the harvest volume of domestic tomatoes decreased slightly. This represents a continuation of the trend since 2019. Consumer prices rose by just under 25 percentage points in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to the
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