EU Dual Food Quality: Hungary tastes different 

More than 300 products were analysed by the Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Office. 

Despite being part of the European Union, there are still many differences between Hungary and other EU states. Factors that could be compared, such as the use of a common currency, the level of salaries, or food quality. 

Average Hungarian salary at 833 euros? 

Concerning the latter, it turns out that there are more differences than one would have expected. 

The National Food Chain Safety Office of Hungary (Nébih)

analysed and compared over 300 products sold in three EU countries between 2018 and 2021.

The aim of the project, financially supported by the European Union, was to research quality differences.

Over the course of three years, the office compared 312 unique samples from 117 different products coming from the shops of three different countries: Hungary, Germany, and Austria. 

When they published the results, Nébih did not specify exactly which products were involved, only the fact that one-fifth of them belongs to the own commercial brands of the shops. 

The research found that there are indeed differences among the EU Member States’ grocery products, writes telex.hu.

These differences exist in the case of 25.6% of the analysed samples. 

It also concluded the possible reasons and circumstances that cause these significant differences in a quarter of the inspected grocery items: