Food and beverage manufacturing share of food waste

RecordSTO-H6Q6WFJCGT-5359J53E1N-FT580Y

19%
estimate

European Union · 2023

Food and beverage manufacturing share of food waste in the European Union was 19% in 2023 (Eurostat).

Original source
Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Amounts of food waste at EU level
Retrieved
18 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The second sector in terms of share (19%) was processing and manufacturing, where the amount of measured food waste was less than 11 million tonnes of fresh mass.

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APA

Statistical Office of the European Union. (2023). Food waste and food waste prevention. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Food_waste_and_food_waste_prevention_-_estimates. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_H6Q6WFJCGT5359J53E1NFT580Y

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MLA
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Food waste and food waste prevention." 2023, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Food_waste_and_food_waste_prevention_-_estimates. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_H6Q6WFJCGT5359J53E1NFT580Y.
Chicago
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Food waste and food waste prevention." 2023. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Food_waste_and_food_waste_prevention_-_estimates. Accessed September 18, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_H6Q6WFJCGT5359J53E1NFT580Y.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2023foodft580y, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Food waste and food waste prevention}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_H6Q6WFJCGT5359J53E1NFT580Y}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Food\_waste\_and\_food\_waste\_prevention\_-\_estimates. Accessed September 18, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Food waste and food waste prevention
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Amounts of food waste at EU level
Retrieved
18 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_H6Q6WFJCGT5359J53E1NFT580Y