2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The results of the next analysis of the BFSA are a fact. It turns out that there is no difference in the quality of the products, but the prices in our country are higher.
The second comparative analysis showed serious differences in the products at home and abroad. The BFSA inspected 31 goods. No differences in labels and content were found. However, prices vary.
The products tested by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) are from retail chains in Bulgaria, Italy, France and Switzerland. The analysis showed that there were no differences in the ingredients. In Bulgaria, however, some of the products are more expensive than their European counterparts.
It turns out that in Western Europe and in Bulgaria the same product can cost differently. This is directly dependent on the chain and the location of the store.
The study is the second of its kind. It is made by the Bulgarian agencies and is in connection with the inspections for the so-called double product standards in Eastern and Western Europe. In this case, a detailed comparative analysis of the labels and financial for possible differences in food prices was made, without laboratory testing. The ingredients are identical. Only one product missed the percentage of cocoa, unlike its counterpart in European markets.
Comparing the prices it turns out that with 9 products they have a higher price in our country. In Italy, Switzerland and France, the products are cheaper. The most noticeable differences are in durum wheat pasta - 50%. Concentrated tomato paste and ketchup are between 32 and 36% more expensive.
The Bulgarian pays even more for blueberry jam, roasted ground coffee, cocoa powder, a roll filled with cream and strawberries, light beer and Extra Virgin olive oil.
However, not everything is so gray. Of the other products at 5 the price is identical to the Western European market. The other 17 foods are cheaper in Bulgaria.
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