# Nutrition facts are read at least sometimes before buying food

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted May 16 to 17, 2023, 79% of Americans said they read nutritional facts on food items at least sometimes before buying them. This includes 27% who always read them and 52% who sometimes read them.

About one in five said they seldom or never read nutrition facts (21%), with 15% who said seldom and 6% who said never.

## Topline

Do you read the nutritional facts on food items before you buy them?

79% of Americans read nutrition facts at least sometimes before buying food.

- Sometimes: 51.9%
- Always: 27.2%
- Seldom: 14.8%
- Never: 5.9%
- Don’t Know: 0.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2023-05-16 → 2023-05-17
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

AAPOR 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-036, fielded May 16-17, 2023, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.3%.

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