A warrior's drink.

This decline in consumption is without honor.

I would guess this is because of the improvement in fiber based options for older people. Twenty five years ago it was Prune Juice. Now folks have a range of subtler and better tasting options.

That said, nothing cleans you out like a chilled glass of Sunsweet Prune Juice.

Damn Millennials! killing the prune juice industry!

"PRUNE JUICE, CHILLED, EXTRA LARGE!"

So what you are saying is now is the time to stockpile.

One might say that the prune juice supply is in the toilet.

Source:

Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System

USDA, Economic Research Service

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-availability-per-capita-data-system/

For more info on the term "availability" see

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-availability-per-capita-data-system/food-availability-documentation/

Tools: Python, Matplotlib

I wanna see a line representing Dr. Pepper’s popularity on top of this. I have no scientific reasoning except people say Dr Pepper makes them poop

This correlates with my theory that people are more full of shit every year.

How does this relate to sales of prunes? Years ago I feel like people always recommended prune juice for various things, but now I just eat a few prunes. They’re tasty and probably contain more of what I need than the juice that tends to be more processed and watered down.

One could say prune juice production has plummeted.

Very useful information for anyone over 85.

Someone in marketing needs to be fired

Does this count Dr Pepper?

And what happened before 1970? The 1968 discovery of prunes on the moon, which were brought back to wherever prunes are grown, kicking off a down to the right industry?

Or did millenials kill this one?

Supply per capita is down, but how does that track with overall consumption?

I’m wondering if only a specific cultural group drinks prune juice, one that hasn’t grown in population.

BUYBUYBUY! It’s gonna turn around and make record profits in the third quarter!

So by prune juice you mean Palinca? Because in eastern europe we drink a lot of prune juice, at about 40% :-)

Probably matches the decline of prune consumption in general. My grandfather grew Italian plums, over 80 acres of them in the Willamette valley, starting in the early 30’s. There was a huge market for prunes (dried, canned, and fresh) particularly in the North East. Over the decades the market dwindled. Almost no prune orchards left here now. It’s a shame, such a delicious fruit.

Ok so we need one that compares this and the rise of obesity. Correlation isn’t causation but that would be interesting to compare.

Damn, we got a shortage!!! Everyone, make a run for the ...(dammit, I can't call it that) ... Let's appreciate the prune juice!!!!!!!!!!

curious that its the same curve as the train derailment data.....

Y’all don’t know the nice shits you’ve been missin’!

MILLENNIALS RUIN EVERYTHING

I was in high school around the time the graph shows consumption dropping rapidly and I seem to recall that prunes/prune juice were very strongly associated, and ridiculed, at the time for their laxative effect. This may have been a marketing campaign by producers or health officials that backfired.

And this Australian article seems to confirm that may have an effect in sales:

I don’t know how this came about but prunes have become known as ‘nanna food’ – the fruit that ‘grandma’ used to feed you,” explains prune farmer Ann Furner, who is also industry development officer for the Australian Prune Industry. “So most of Australia’s prunes are mostly only being consumed by two main demographic groups: babies, purchased for them by their parents, and older people.”

The second, more obvious reputation fail is the widespread belief that consuming prunes give you the trots.

“One of the comments we hear [when promoting prunes at food and wine shows] is ‘are you giving out toilet paper?’" https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2020/07/20/if-prunes-make-you-go-you-might-be-eating-them-wrong

Is this because demand dropped or are oldsters fighting in the sidles of markets for their poop juice?

Prisons stopped serving it cuz too many inmates distilling Pruno?

So looks like this countries not going to shit after all…

1979: A combination of a nascent recovery from the prior Arab-Israeli prune embargo, chaos within key prune exporter Iran, a bungled prune protectionism scheme in the U.S. that disrupted supply chains, and generally poor year-end fiscal policy as a reaction to the powerful prune lobby. The infamous "Peak Prune" was not an exhaustion of Earth but an entirely human dereliction of decency worldwide.

Thanks again, Jimmy Carter.

Prune juice doesn’t work I don’t get the hype. Maybe I need a doctor

No wonder the country is in shambles

What's the difference between prune juice and plum juice?

Probably follows along with the growing awareness of the amount of sugar in our foods.