The survey of food prices carried out by DECO Proteste, also underlined that this is not the only ingredient in a salad that went down the most.

"Salad ingredients are between 14% and 35% cheaper than before the tax exemption", he said, explaining that carrots and onions are 14% cheaper.

"On 2 August, the basket of 41 essential food goods with zero percent VAT monitored by DECO PROTESTE went down again. It cost 126.34 euros, 12.43 euros less (9%) than on 17 April, eve of the implementation of the measure".