The Broken Plate 2025
The Food Foundation's flagship Broken Plate report looks at the trends impacting the UK's food system and the actions needed from policymakers in order to ensure everyone can afford healthy and sustainable food.
This year's publication highlights that too many people in the UK lack the financial means to access decent food and that much of the food readily available and marketed to us is damaging our health and the planet.
Using 13 key metrics, the report provides a snapshot of the current food environment and offers solutions to improve the food system for everyone's benefit.
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Key findings
Healthier foods are more than twice as expensive per calorie than less healthy foods and less available.
The most deprived fifth of the population would need to spend 45% of their disposable income on food to afford the government-recommended healthy diet - rising to 70% for households with children.
A quarter of all food outlets in England are fast-food businesses rising to nearly one in three in the most deprived areas.
Broken Plate is produced in collaboration with several partners
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