Vegetable

Do Vegetables Contribute to Weight Gain?

This was a spontaneous question we posed to Clinical Dietitian-Nutritionist Cleopatra Aresti, who discussed both their nutritional value and the best ways to consume them to benefit from their nutrients while maintaining a healthy weight.

Here’s what she shared with us:

Olive oil and potatoes saw the steepest price increases in August in Cyprus, according to the latest data from the Cyprus Consumer Association released on Friday.

Türkiye is at risk of significant inflationary pressure through food prices driven by climate change, according to researchers at the country's Central Bank.

Climate change has not only become a major threat to sustainability and food security but also to price stability, they warned.

Remember when you were a child, and your grandmother would cut a cool watermelon after your afternoon nap? The taste was irresistible, and just one bite would fill you with joy. Back then, everything seemed different: tomatoes were sweet and juicy, grapes were crisp, peaches were fragrant and succulent, and even the nearly bland zucchinis were interesting and made a perfect light lunch.

The price of Bulgarian vegetables has risen by nearly 15% compared to the same time last year. Currently, domestically produced cucumbers are the most expensive, with prices reaching 4 leva per kilogram.

High prices on fruit and vegetables for consumers. “Prices on fruit and vegetables are always changing. At times during seasons and conditions. Greece went through a 2-month heatwave, went through a 5-month drought, resulting in reduced production, poor production and that leads to price increases. The price increase is occasional. Our own products are 100% dependent on the weather.

The reduction of prices in supermarket chains continued in June. According to data from the Research Institute for Retail Consumer Goods (IELKA), supermarket inflation was negative last month at 1.92%, following a 1.25% decline in May.

In April, prices had increased by 1.1%, in March by 0.28%, in February by +2.7% and in January by +3%.

Fruit and vegetable imports are up 12.49% in the first half of 2024, reaching 420,525 tonnes compared to 373,845 tonnes in the same period in 2023, according to data from the Association of Greek Fruit, Vegetable and Juice Exporters, INCOFRUIT-HELLAS.

Greek frozen foods producer Ainos was fined €742,000 for breaching the law against profiteering, Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Monday.

Of the 72 company products, 50 were found to have been sold at a higher profit margin than what the law allows in checks that took place between July 1 and September 30, 2023.

As of last Friday, December 1, the zero VAT rate on meat and vegetables, categorized under specific customs tariff codes, has come into effect in Cyprus. The measure, outlined in a Council of Ministers decree dated November 17, applies to various meat and vegetable products, promoting accessibility to essential food items.