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U.S. per capita juice intake fell, while whole fruit consumption rose

by Sabrina Young, Hayden Stewart, Anne T. Byrne, Linda Kantor and Diansheng Dong
2/27/2025

Food Choices & Health

Line chart showing cup equivalents of total fruit, total whole and cut fruit, and total fruit juice consumed per person per day in the United States from 2003–04 to 2017–18.

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About 80 percent of the U.S. population consumes less fruit recommended in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Because nutrients from fruit play an important role in diet quality, USDA, Economic Research Service researchers examined patterns and trends in U.S. fruit consumption.

U.S. per capita juice intake fell, while whole fruit consumption rose

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