In 2020, approximately 39 percent of male participants stated in a survey conducted in the United Kingdom that when they have bought food that is about to expire, they eat it by the use-by date. Among female participants, the proportion was 37 percent.
Consumers' responses to food expiration in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by gender
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