What’s clear from the study is that as we enter a new decade, Americans have complex feelings about healthy eating. While 86% of Americans say eating fruits and vegetables is crucial to maintaining a healthy diet, trying to eat well remains a significant stressor (49%) for all generations. This stress can perhaps be attributed to various notions, including:
- 63% of those surveyed think you have to sacrifice pleasure to eat healthily
- 30% think they should cut back on eating out to eat healthier
- One in five Americans think they should give up their entertainment subscriptions (Netflix, Spotify, etc.) to maintain a healthy diet
As one of the first plant-based companies, Del Monte Foods has always lived up to its mission of making fruits and vegetables accessible and affordable for everyone. Following a recent partnership announcement with a non-profit organization GrowLarge – a natural alliance that expands the leading food brand’s Growers of Good™ initiative – Del Monte Foods has stepped up its efforts to bring practical nutrition education to elementary and middle school children nationwide to help empower a generation of healthy eaters for the future and close the hole. Specially, the programming will be available at Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Children’s Marble Museum in Raleigh, Saint-Louis Science Center, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Detroit Zoo, Murfreesboro Discovery Center/Nashville, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland And Discovery Place Children in Huntersville/Charlotte. These programs will help address a major concern among parents, since 50% of them fear that if their children do not eat fruits and vegetables, they will not reach their full potential in life.
“As a long-time believer in the mission of providing satisfying and nutritious products, Del Monte Foods has made it a priority to educate people about healthy eating habits,” said Bibie Wu, Director of Marketing, Del Monte Foods. “We have innovated products that taste great and provide the nutrients needed to live a healthy life, providing more options to create future generations of healthy eaters.”
The study also found that 78% of people think fresh food is healthy and only 13% of people think packaged food is healthy. But, according to the Producing for Better Health Foundation, at least five servings of fruits and vegetables are encouraged per day, including all forms of fruits and vegetables – fresh, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice – which provide generally consistent nutritional benefits that can improve health and overall diet quality. Better education around healthy choices can help further reduce food-related stress, as 58% of Americans said it is more difficult for them to keep fresh food in their home and one in three consider it a waste of money because they deteriorate so quickly; alternatives can help Americans more easily get the nutritional benefits they need.
“There is a lot of nutrition misinformation around the topic of healthy eating, and people can easily feel overwhelmed and confused,” said Sally Kuzemchak, RD. “But healthy eating doesn’t need to be complicated and should be accessible to everyone. Del Monte is a trusted brand that has long made eating fruits and vegetables both easy and affordable. »
Del Monte Foods has been a leader in providing accessible nutrition through the benefits of its fruits and vegetables for more than 130 years. The company is committed to helping improve consumer health and well-being and seeks to achieve this through partnerships, consumer education and product innovation in the frozen and frozen aisles. including new Veggieful™ Bites, Veggieful™ Bowls and Fruit Crunch Perfect™. Visit www.delmontefoods.com to learn more about its products, history and mission.
About Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Del Monte Foods, Inc. is one of the largest producers, marketers and marketers of premium branded food products for the U.S. retail market. Our brands include Del Monte®, Contadina®, College Inn® and S&W®.
Del Monte Foods has a heritage of innovation and providing accessible nutrition to the American public, making it an iconic brand for more than a century. In recent years, Del Monte Foods has innovated from within, leveraging its history as one of the first plant-based food companies, its size and structure to transform its business and expand its product portfolio. Del Monte Foods is the U.S. subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Limited (Bloomberg: DELM SP, DELM PM) and is not affiliated with certain other Del Monte companies around the world, including Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., Del Mount Canada, or Del Monte Asia Pte. Ltd. For more information about Del Monte Foods, visit www.delmontefoods.com.
About GrowingGreat
GrowingGreat is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower children to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and gardening education. As a pioneer of school gardens in Los Angeles since 1999, GrowingGreat has reached hundreds of thousands of children and their families by providing hands-on education in nutrition, gardening, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math ) and literacy. GrowingGreat engages with families in cement-covered cities where a school garden may be a child’s only experience with living, growing things.
Methodology
The State of Healthy Eating in 2020 from Del Monte Foods American study was a fifteen-minute online study of a nationally representative sample of general population consumers over the age of 18 (n=1,000) in United Statescommissioned by Del Monte Foods, Inc. Data was collected October 28 – November 8, 2019.
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