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How Much Food Does the Average Household Waste? The Numbers by Country
From the UK to Australia, the US and the EU, here's how much food the average household throws away, what it costs, and 7 practical ways to waste less.
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Reduce food waste
Waste less food. See what you save.
Most of the food we throw away was bought with good intentions and then forgotten. Pantry Bliss shows what needs using first, turns it into dinner and adds up what you rescued each month.
Free to start Works with any supermarket iPhone & iPad
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£1,000
of food wasted a year by an average UK household of four
Source: WRAP, 2026
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13%
of US food-at-home spending goes on food that is never eaten
Source: ReFED, 2025
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30%
per-person cut in retail and household food waste the EU requires by 2030
Source: European Commission
From “use it or lose it” to “used it”
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Use it up, every day
Today shows what’s expiring in your pantry, and a morning reminder tells you what needs using.
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Recipes for what’s about to go off
Tap “Cook with these” for five ideas built around those ingredients, or ask Siri to “cook with what’s expiring”.
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See what you saved
Each month Pantry Bliss adds up the food you used in time and the meals you cooked from your pantry, valued at the prices on your receipts.
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A monthly recap to share
Get your savings on the 1st of each month, and share the card with friends who are trying to waste less too.
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Shop for what you’ll use
Plan the week, build the list from your plan and check the shared pantry before you buy more.
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Everyone in on it
The whole household shares one pantry, so food doesn’t get forgotten at the back of the fridge.
How it works
Three steps, then it runs itself
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1
Scan what you buy
Snap your receipt and your pantry fills itself, with the price paid and a suggested expiry date for each item.
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Use the oldest first
Cook from the “Use it up” ideas, and mark what you used or threw away with a swipe.
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Watch the savings add up
Today shows what you rescued this month, and the recap lands on the 1st.
Coming soon to the
App Store
Free to start. Household comes with a 14-day free trial on yearly. See pricing
Questions, answered
How does Pantry Bliss work out what I’ve saved?
When you use an item within 3 days of its use-by date, or after it, Pantry Bliss counts it as rescued. It values each item at the price on your scanned receipt, or a typical price for that kind of food, and also counts the meals you cooked from your pantry. Savings are always shown as an estimate.
How much food does the average household waste?
It depends on where you live. WRAP puts it at about £1,000 a year for an average UK household of four, and ReFED estimates US consumers spend 13% of their food-at-home budget on food that goes uneaten. Our blog has a round-up of the latest figures by country.
Is the savings tracker free?
Yes. Expiry tracking, “Use it up” suggestions, the savings card and the monthly recap are on every plan.
Which currencies does it support?
Savings are shown in your phone’s currency. Typical prices are built in for US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars, pounds and euros, and receipt prices are used whatever your currency.
Helpful guides
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More you can do with Pantry Bliss
Dinner, sorted. Every night.
Pantry Bliss is coming to iPhone and iPad very soon. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you the day it’s on the App Store. It’s free to start.
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