{"id":21762,"date":"2025-01-24T13:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=21762"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:49:04","slug":"a-food-price-list-in-uruguay-by-the-government-whets-appetites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/01\/24\/a-food-price-list-in-uruguay-by-the-government-whets-appetites\/","title":{"rendered":"A food price list in Uruguay by the government whets appetites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A fortnightly food price list in Uruguay by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries is out for January 21- February 3, 2025. These listings are usually recommendations of a few choice staples across all food classes that locals can sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with the Metropolitan Agri-Food Unit (UAM), the current fortnight\u2019s choice listings indicate quality and affordability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debate.com.uy\/economia\/Llego-la-frescura-del-verano-con-una-nueva-lista-inteligente-20250123-0014.html\"><u>Debate Uruguay&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>reports that some recommendations reflect previous editions, but there are new additions accessible at the UAM Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the best bargains is lettuce, whose governmental recommendation is 25 pesos ($0.57) per two units. In comparable terms, the market price of lettuce in Uruguay is normally around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/food-prices\/country_result.jsp?country=Uruguay\"><u>U$5.86<\/u><\/a>\u00a0peso ($1.19) per head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another recommendation is a carrot bunch at 30 pesos ($0.69) a kilo, while corn comes at 25 pesos ($050) per unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among fruits is watermelon at 10 pesos ($0.23) per kg\u00a0while \u00a0\u201cpavia\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/plants\/caricaceae\/carica-papaya\/\"><em><u><em>Carica Papaya<\/em><\/u><\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em>\u00a0costs 75 pesos ($1.72) per kilo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premium fruits include mountain peaches and Moscatel grapes, the last at 70 pesos ($1.61) a kg. Plums are also available at a moderate 55 pesos ($1.26) per kg, while off-season&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/uruguay\/plums-and-sloes\/\"><u>market prices<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;are double that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ubiquitous inclusion in most lists, also here, is bell pepper at a cost of 50 pesos ($1.15) to the kilo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For restaurant foodies, there is the mashed pumpkin meal known as \u201czapallo kabuti\u00e1\u201d at 35 pesos ($0.80) a kilo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This food list in Uruguay coincides with the Lunar New Year, significant since Uruguay has a notable Cambodian and Chinese community. Although not all people here celebrate the holiday, at least the Asian minority will enjoy these recommendations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the fortnight\u2019s menu recommendations could inform food choices in a country whose cost of living&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/cost-of-living\/rankings_by_country.jsp\"><u>is relatively high<\/u><\/a>. The data below examines this point further by comparing Uruguay\u2019s food prices with global ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uruguay-food-price-statistics\"><strong>Uruguay Food Price Statistics<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In cost of living metrics, Uruguay ranks at position 42 worldwide in 2025, with 46.3 index points, per&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/cost-of-living\/rankings_by_country.jsp\"><u>Numbeo<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;data. While this may seem low in comparison with that of the world-beating U.S. Virgin Islands at 98.4 index points, it is still considerable. Nearby Brazil, for instance, has only an index of 25.6 points at position 119, globally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of grocery prices, Uruguay has a moderate index at &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.numbeo.com\/cost-of-living\/rankings_by_country.jsp\"><u>46.5 points<\/u><\/a>, far below the U.S. Virgin Islands\u2019 106.3. Restaurant meals, however, have a high index of 49.5 points, over half that of the U.S. Virgin Islands at 90.5 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is\u00a0food expensive\u00a0or cheap in Uruguay in a global comparison<\/strong>? \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in 2021 the world averaged 105.854 index points in food prices, Uruguay at number 25 commanded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobaleconomy.com\/rankings\/food_price_index_wb\/\"><u>137.46 index points<\/u><\/a>. This is far above the country with the cheapest food among 165 nations, namely India, at 58.17 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How do food prices in Uruguay compare with American ones?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food in Uruguay is generally cheaper than that in the United States. For instance, rice at US$1.4 is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/world-prices.com\/en\/uruguay\/prices-food\"><u>69% cheaper<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;than in the U.S., while a burger at US$9.4 is 14% cheaper. This data is courtesy of World Prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do all people afford food in Uruguay<\/strong>?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/food-prices\"><u>36.1%<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;of the population in Uruguay could not afford food in 2022, according to the World Bank. This means their income is below the monthly food budget.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fortnightly food price list in Uruguay by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries is out for January 21- February 3, 2025. These listings are usually recommendations of a few choice staples across all food classes that locals can sample. 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