This statistic displays ingredients which consumers avoid in food products in Canada as of March 2017. Some 63 percent of survey respondents stated that they avoid consuming MSG, whilst some 52 percent said that they avoid GMOs.
Ingredients which consumers try to avoid in food products in Canada as of March 2017
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Grocery Business (Canada). (May 1, 2018). Ingredients which consumers try to avoid in food products in Canada as of March 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/911049/ingredients-in-food-consumers-avoid-canada/
Grocery Business (Canada). "Ingredients which consumers try to avoid in food products in Canada as of March 2017." Chart. May 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/911049/ingredients-in-food-consumers-avoid-canada/
Grocery Business (Canada). (2018). Ingredients which consumers try to avoid in food products in Canada as of March 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/911049/ingredients-in-food-consumers-avoid-canada/
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