According to a new poll, America’s favorite vegetable has been crowned — and it may not be what you expect.
A new survey of 2,000 Americans officially crowned our favorite vegetable and the new king of veggies is…corn!
The new survey, conducted by OnePoll on behalf of www.VeggieTracker.com from Dr. Praeger’s aimed to reveal exactly how Americans feel about each vegetable and to get a glimpse inside our veggie eating habits.
Onions and green beans, both at 87%, received high marks as well. Surprisingly, broccoli barely cracked the top 10, coming in at number eight on the list, with 85% saying they liked it.
According to the results of the poll, our most hated veggie is the turnip with 27% of the respondents reporting that they disliked it.
Beets (26%) and radishes (23%) also broke the top three of our least-liked veggies, with Brussels sprouts also scoring high (21%.)
But that’s not all the survey figured out. One of the most shocking revelations within the results was that over one in four respondents (25%) say they’ve actually never eaten a vegetable.
And of those who do eat vegetables, only a third of their meals (36%) actually include a vegetable as part of it.
But Americans are at least trying to eat more vegetables, as 72% of Americans say they wish they ate more veggies than they currently do.
One in four Americans say that vegetables simply cost too much, with 22% saying they take too much time to prepare and one in five saying they don’t how to cook them properly.
Said Praeger: “Eating veggies should be fun and rewarding! This is why we created www.veggietracker.com; to give people free tools and resources to help them fall in love with veggies and build eating habits that last a lifetime.”








