Balance Sheet for Food Commodities 2014, preliminary and 2013 final figures

Oat consumption rose by one kilo on the previous year. Rye consumption fell by nearly the same amount. Consumption of wheat and barley was the same as in the previous year. Total grain consumption remained unchanged at 80 kilos per person.
About three percent more poultry meat was consumed than in the year before. Beef consumption also rose slightly, whereas pork consumption fell by about three per cent. An average of 18.7 kilos of beef was consumed, compared to 34.6 kilos of pork and 20.1 kilos of poultry.
Just under 11 kilos of eggs were eaten. There continued to be a slight increase in consumption, with growth being just under two per cent from the previous year.
Whole milk consumption began to decrease slightly after having increased for several years. Skimmed milk consumption also fell slightly from the previous year. In 2014, per capita consumption of milk totalled 127 litres – one percent less than in the previous year.
Butter consumption fell to approximately four kilos, the level it was at a few years ago.
Cheese consumption grew to about 25 kilos per person.
An average of 54 kilos of fresh fruit were consumed, about five percent more than in the year before.

Consumption of food commodities per capita

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Consumption of food commodities per capita

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