What are we eating?

What are we eating?

What the average American consumes in a year

• Fat and oils: 85.5 lbs
• Red meat: 110 lbs
• Poultry: 73.6 lbs
• Fish and Shellfish: 16.1 lbs
• Eggs: 32.7 lbs
• Cheese: 31.4 lbs
• Dairy Products (non-cheese): 600.5 lbs
• Fruits: 273.2 lbs
• Coffee, Cocoa and Nuts: 24 lbs.
• Vegetables: 415.4 lbs
• Caloric Sweetness: 141.6 lbs
• Corn: 56 lbs
• Corn Syrup: 42 lbs
• Wheet flour: 131.1 lbs
• Beverage Milks: 181 lbs
• Flour and Cereal products: 192.3 lbs

That includes (every year):

• French fries: 29 lbs
• Pizza: 23 lbs
• Ice cream: 24 lbs
• Soda: 53 gallons (about a gallon a week)
• Artificial Sweeteners: 24 lbs
• Sodium: 2.736 lbs (47% more than recommended)
• Caffeine: 0.2 lbs (90.700 mg)
• And 2,700 calories a day!