> I'm not questioning the survey results, I am challenging the lack of importance of eggs. The survey would determine how many eggs people eat, both directly (

> I'm not questioning the survey results, I am challenging the lack of importance of eggs. The survey would determine how many eggs people eat, both directly (omelettes) or indirectly (or as a component, as in cake): * https://www.statista.com/statistics/183678/per-capita-consumption-of-eggs-in-the-us-since-2000/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/183678/per-capita-consum... And from there the BLS would know how many to put in the basket of goods it uses. Which they have listed in this table: * https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm And here's the data series for the price of eggs: * https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU0000708111 https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU0000708111 * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/tags/series?t=bls%3Beggs https://fred.stlouisfed.org/tags/series?t=bls%3Beggs What people put in the the survey would indicate the the "importance of eggs" (in the average case).