The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics reported that the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages item contributed to inflation of 3.24% in 2023 with a progress of 3.74%.
This increase was supported by the higher prices observed in meat (7.9%) such as ground beef (12.3%), chicken giblets (12.1%), beef stew meat (11.4% ), gutted chicken (10.3%), steak (9.6%), gutted chicken (8.8%) and chicken cuts: wings (8.5%), leg (7.6%) and breast ( 5.7%).
Other food products (6.6%) also became more expensive, such as kión (31.1%), ground yellow chili (20.8%), salt (14.9%), fried potatoes (12.6%), chifle (11.9%), gelatin to prepare (11.0%), pasta and tomato sauce (10.5%), food cubes (9.5%) and ground panca chili (7.5%).
Similar progress for bread and cereals (6.0%) such as dry field corn (47.1%), packaged oats (16.3%), crackers (20.6%), sweets (15.8%), dipped (12.7%), savory pastries (10.2%); bulk rice (9.5%), packaged (6.0%); and sweet cakes (6.0%).
Inflation reached sugar, milk and fruits
The prices of sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and sugar candies also rose (5.8%) as
brown sugar (5.4%), white sugar (4.6%), personal cream ice cream (8.7%), bar chocolate (4.2%) and
personal ice cream (3.7%).
Fruits also progressed (5.1%) such as mango (50.1%), strawberry (39.2%), blueberries (23.4%), cucumber (22.2%), mandarin (21.2%) , Israeli apple (16.2%), imported (15.9%), regular (13.3%), delicacy (11.7%), passion fruit (14.0%), island banana (12.1 %), huayco peach (11.9%), strong avocado (10.5%) and silk banana (9.0%).
Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices (4.0%) such as still mineral water (10.0%), energy drinks (4.6%) and carbonated drinks (4.3%).
Milk, cheese and eggs (3.9%) such as condensed milk (15.2%), fresh pasteurized milk (11.4%), fresh cow’s cheese (7.3%), evaporated milk mixture (6.3% ), evaporated milk (3.8%) and chicken eggs (3.3%); and coffee, tea and cocoa (2.5%) such as cocoa powder (9.2%), ground roasted coffee (5.1%) and instant coffee (2.9%).
Inflation 2023: what foods went down?
INEI specified that, on the contrary, the prices of fish and seafood decreased (-10.5%) such as bonito (-27.2%), parakeet
(-24.0%), hake (-15.8%), tilapia (-10.6%) and mullet (-7.8%); oils and fats (-3.0%) such as vegetable oil (-10.4%).
Vegetables also fell, legumes include potatoes and other tubers (-2.2%) such as cassava (-29.9%), pickles (-26.0%), yellow sweet potato (-22.6%), white potato (- -27.2%), color (-20.9%), huayro (- 19.6%), yellow (-12.7%), lettuce (-10.9%), American green bean (-9. 8%), green bean (-5.7%), green pea (-5.4%) and red-headed onion (-4.5%).
Source: Larepublica
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