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> Eating healthy food _is_ costlier than not caring about what you eat Can you point to some examples of unhealthy food that's actually cheap, in terms of pric
by white-flame 10y ago
> Eating healthy food _is_ costlier than not caring about what you eat
Can you point to some examples of unhealthy food that's actually cheap, in terms of price per weight unit?
I simply cannot think of anything from that category that rivals basic rice, veggies, sale-price meat, etc. If you're going solely on cheap, you will generally end up in these "healthier" categories. If you're going on "don't care", you'll not stick in the cheap and be more pricey, plus more likely in convenience items of questionable to poor healthiness.
It's funny how often I see some tempting convenience food or treat or whatever, and notice that its price per weight is more expensive than a quality steak.
- humanrebar 10y agoYou need a better metric than price per weight unit. A non-trivial cost of buying fresh food is spoilage. In contrast, heavily processed foods keep longer or come already portioned.
- white-flame 10y agoFood weight is roughly indicative of how much you're going to eat, and it's what most grocery stores list nowadays on the shelf price labels, both for basic foods and processed/packaged. As far as spoilage goes, that's just purchasing what you'll assume to eat. And having a few vegetables go off at the end after you've already eaten many of them doesn't even double the price per unit, while convenience food ranges tend to be many times the price.