The statistic shows how respondents to a survey in the European Union would react to the absence of "best before" labelling on a package of spaghetti, if they could not remember when they bought it. The total share of respondents who would use it anyway adds up to 70 percent. However 24 percent of respondents said they would throw it away.
If you found a package of spaghetti in your kitchen with no "best before" date on the label and you could not remember when you bought it, what would you do?*
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Total "would use it"
70%
You would use it only if the packaging is not damaged and the product looks all right
* The question in the interviews was originally phrased as follows: "If you found a package of spaghetti in your kitchen cupboard with no "best before" date indicated on the label and you could not remember when you bought it, what would you do?"
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European Commission. (October 26, 2015). If you found a package of spaghetti in your kitchen with no "best before" date on the label and you could not remember when you bought it, what would you do?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/532972/reactions-to-best-before-date-label-product-absence-eu-european-union/
European Commission. "If you found a package of spaghetti in your kitchen with no "best before" date on the label and you could not remember when you bought it, what would you do?*." Chart. October 26, 2015. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/532972/reactions-to-best-before-date-label-product-absence-eu-european-union/
European Commission. (2015). If you found a package of spaghetti in your kitchen with no "best before" date on the label and you could not remember when you bought it, what would you do?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/532972/reactions-to-best-before-date-label-product-absence-eu-european-union/
European Commission. "If You Found a Package of Spaghetti in Your Kitchen with No "Best Before" Date on The Label and You Could Not Remember When You Bought It, What Would You Do?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Oct 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/532972/reactions-to-best-before-date-label-product-absence-eu-european-union/
European Commission, If you found a package of spaghetti in your kitchen with no "best before" date on the label and you could not remember when you bought it, what would you do?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/532972/reactions-to-best-before-date-label-product-absence-eu-european-union/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
If you found a package of spaghetti in your kitchen with no "best before" date on the label and you could not remember when you bought it, what would you do?* [Graph], European Commission, October 26, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/532972/reactions-to-best-before-date-label-product-absence-eu-european-union/
