United States

Food CPI

Consumer price index for food and beverages.

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Source: BLS · CUSR0000SAF1

Stored official data

Food CPI - United States in United States was 348.9 on May 1, 2026, higher by 0.54 (+0.2%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in index or percent.

Latest348.89%

MoM+0.16%

YoY+3.08%

10Y Avg288.65%

Latest observationMay 1, 2026

Model surprise-1.04%

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Min247.66%

Mean287.35%

Max348.89%

Latest observationMay 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

Source note Provider health

Source

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Native key

CUSR0000SAF1

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Stored · 2026-05-01

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Public domain

Research notes

69 · Caution

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ComparabilityInflation baskets and base periods differ: Compare growth rates or normalized indexes, and prefer the same concept family when comparing countries or providers.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official national.Metadata completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, methodology, and revision metadata fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 28/100. 124 observations available; latest observation 2026-05-01; outside 45-day freshness window; platform fetch 2026-07-07T09:15:48.148Z; release status none; data status fallbackRevision and vintage depth: 78/100. BLS does not expose a true vintage API. Each observation carries a footnote code that tags it as preliminary (P), revised (R), or final.

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CitationFood CPI - United States (BLS: CUSR0000SAF1, United States, retrieved Jul 12, 2026)

Retrieved Jul 12, 2026

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Series details

SourceBLS

CategoryPrices

FrequencyMonthly

Unitindex or percent

Latest observationMay 1, 2026

Platform last fetchJuly 7, 2026

Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100

About this series

Consumer price index for food and beverages.

The reading right now

As of May 2026, Food CPI for United States stood at 348.9. That is up 0.54 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 320.3, ranging from a low of 273.9 in May 2021 to a high of 348.9 in May 2026. The current reading sits 60.2 above its trailing ten-year mean of 288.7.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.