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Sales of Organic Food by Category, 2000-2010E

USDA does not have official statistics on U.S. organic retail sales, but information is available from industry sources. U.S. sales of organic products were $21.1 billion in 2008—over 3 percent of total food sales—and will reach $23.0 billion by 2009, according to the Nutrition Business Journal .

Fruits and vegetables accounted for 37 percent of U.S. organic food sales in 2008 d

Fresh fruits and vegetables have been the top selling category of organically grown food since the organic food industry started retailing products over three decades ago, and they are still outselling other food categories, according to the Nutrition Business Journal . Produce accounted for 37 percent of U.S. organic food sales in 2008, followed by dairy (16 percent), beverages (13 percent), packaged and prepared foods (13 percent), bread and grains (10 percent), snack foods (5 percent), meat, fish, and poultry (3 percent), and condiments (3 percent).

 

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Updated date: September 1, 2009