Purchase trends of processed foods and beverages in urban India

Cherry Law; Rosemary Green; Suneetha Kadiyala; Bhavani Shankar; Cécile Knai; Kerry A Brown; Alan D Dangour; Laura Cornelsen

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2019.05.007

Purchase trends of processed foods and beverages in urban India

Glob Food Sec. 2019 Dec:23:191-204. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2019.05.007.

Authors

Cherry Law^{1

2}, Rosemary Green³, Suneetha Kadiyala³, Bhavani Shankar⁴, Cécile Knai¹, Kerry A Brown¹, Alan D Dangour³, Laura Cornelsen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.
² (Honorary) College of Medicine & Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK.
³ Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
⁴ Centre for Development, Environment and Policy, SOAS University of London, London, WC1H 0XG, UK.

Abstract

•Unique dataset allows analysis of urban Indian shopping habits of processed foods.•Beyond staples, purchases of processed foods and beverages for home use are low.•Fastest rate of growth seen in sweet and salty snacks, and edible oil purchases.•Highest volume of processed foods and beverages purchased by Delhi population.•Large variations across states in level and trends of purchases over time.

Grants and funding

MR/P021999/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom