The statistic displays the results of an Ipsos survey regarding consumer expectations of the future environmental sustainability of food in Belgium in 2018. The survey results suggest that as of 2018, a sizable share of consumers expected the environmental impact of the food they consume to get worse in future. Approximately 30 percent of respondents expected the food they eat to have a higher environmental impact in the coming years, while half of consumers surveyed anticipated no change.
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Looking into the future, do you think the following will get better or worse: "The environmental impact of the food I eat"?
*The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Looking into the future,
do you think the following will get better or worse? –The environmental impact
of the food I eat."
The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.
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Ipsos. (December 6, 2018). Looking into the future, do you think the following will get better or worse: "The environmental impact of the food I eat"? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/960454/consumer-expectations-of-future-environmental-sustainability-of-food-in-belgium/
Ipsos. "Looking into the future, do you think the following will get better or worse: "The environmental impact of the food I eat"?." Chart. December 6, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/960454/consumer-expectations-of-future-environmental-sustainability-of-food-in-belgium/
Ipsos. (2018). Looking into the future, do you think the following will get better or worse: "The environmental impact of the food I eat"?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/960454/consumer-expectations-of-future-environmental-sustainability-of-food-in-belgium/
Ipsos. "Looking into The Future, Do You Think The following Will Get Better or Worse: "The Environmental Impact of The Food I Eat"?." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/960454/consumer-expectations-of-future-environmental-sustainability-of-food-in-belgium/
Ipsos, Looking into the future, do you think the following will get better or worse: "The environmental impact of the food I eat"? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/960454/consumer-expectations-of-future-environmental-sustainability-of-food-in-belgium/ (last visited June 26, 2025)
Looking into the future, do you think the following will get better or worse: "The environmental impact of the food I eat"? [Graph], Ipsos, December 6, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/960454/consumer-expectations-of-future-environmental-sustainability-of-food-in-belgium/
