Consumption of processed food & food away from home in big cities, small towns, and rural areas of Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorSauer, Christine M
dc.contributor.authorReardon, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorTschirley, David
dc.contributor.authorLiverpool-Tasie, Saweda
dc.contributor.authorAwokuse, Titus
dc.contributor.authorAlphonce, Roselyne
dc.contributor.authorNdyetabula, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorWaized, Betty
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-04T05:29:22Z
dc.date.available2021-08-04T05:29:22Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractWe study household consumption of various categories of processed food, includ ing ultra-processed food and meals away from home in Tanzania. We compare peri-urban versus hinterland rural areas, and large cities versus small towns. Three sets of findings stand out. (1) Contrary to the common view in Africa that processed food is mainly an urban middle-class phenomenon, we found it has penetrated the diets of the rural areas and the rural and urban poor. In rural areas, surprisingly 60% of food consumption comes from purchases in value terms, and processed food accounts for 76% of purchases and 47% of all food consumed. For the rural poor, purchased processed food is 38% of food consumption. In urban areas processed food’s share of purchases (hence consumption) is 78%, similar for the rich and poor. (2) We found that ultra-processed food (such as sugar-sweetened beverages and cookies) and meals-away-from-home (MAFH) have emerged as important in urban as well as rural areas. As these foods tend to be high in oil, salt, and sugar, this is a health concern. The share of ultra processed foods and MAFH is 21% in rural areas and 36% in cities albeit twice as high in large cities compared with small towns and among richer compared to poorer consumers. (3) Our regressions show the spread of processed food con sumption in rural and urban areas, among the rich and poor, is driven mainly by opportunity costs of the time of women and men, and thus the pursuit of sav ing home-processing and cooking time, as well as food environment factors. As these drivers are long term trends this suggests processed food consumption will continue to growen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3817
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWILEYen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectconsumptionen_US
dc.subjectfood away from homeen_US
dc.subjectperi-urbanen_US
dc.subjectprocessed fooden_US
dc.subjectsecondary citiesen_US
dc.subjectsmall townsen_US
dc.titleConsumption of processed food & food away from home in big cities, small towns, and rural areas of Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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