France inflation: overall excl. fresh products
France inflation: overall excl. fresh products stood at 3% in Sep 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Consumer price index table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1999 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Consumer price index table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year-on-year change | |||||||||||
| All households - Overall excepting fresh products | 3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
| All households - Food including restaurants, canteens and cafés | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Understanding france inflation: overall excl. fresh products
The entire consumer price index with the exclusion of unprocessed fresh food items, such as raw fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat, defines this specific analytical series. It captures processed foods, manufactured goods, energy, housing, and services while stripping away the extreme monthly volatility caused by agricultural growing seasons and weather anomalies. By removing items subject to immediate supply fluctuations from poor harvests or unseasonal weather, the indicator delivers a steadier representation of retail price trends. It retains shelf-stable groceries, industrial merchandise, and all service categories.
Evaluating this metric effectively requires utilizing year-on-year comparisons to ensure that predictable annual cycles in processed goods and services are properly contextualized. Analysts should avoid treating this series as a pure core inflation measure, because it still includes energy and processed foods which can experience independent shocks. A frequent pitfall is misinterpreting short-term drops in fresh produce prices as a broad economic trend, when this index intentionally ignores those transient market swings. Early estimates are subject to routine retail survey verification, with revisions remaining minimal.
Frequently asked questions
- What exact items are filtered out to produce this specific index?
- Unprocessed fresh products, including raw fruits, vegetables, unpreserved meat, and fresh fish, are excluded.
- Why remove fresh produce from the general consumer price calculation?
- Weather-driven harvest swings cause wild monthly price movements that can obscure broader inflation trends.
- Does this series still include processed foods and energy?
- Yes, shelf-stable manufactured foods and energy utilities remain fully represented in the index.