The consumption of meat in Switzerland: compared to 2010, the consumption of meat per capita in 2018 decreased by 7 percent. Still popular chicken, less pork is called for.
2018 sold by the retailer, 217’904 tons of meat products, 4000 tons or 1.8 percent less than in the previous year, as the Federal office for agriculture (foag), wrote on Thursday. Included are fresh meat and processed meat, but not as an ingredient in processed products used in the meat. Was 2018, the third year in a row with lower heels.
Whether from pork, veal, beef or lamb: The turnover of meat in total declined by 1.2 percent to 4.63 billion Swiss francs. This is a smaller decline than in the paragraph. Because in the middle of the price per kilogram of meat rose by 0.7 percent to just under 21 francs per kilogram of weight.
Wings, Knusperli, Nuggets
The preference for chicken, however, remains unbroken. The chicken meat of the paragraphs were over the 2017 to 1.5 per cent to 49’700 tons. More Wings were sold in particular (plus 10 percent), as well as Nuggets and Knusperli (plus 1.8 percent). Whole and half chickens, however, were sold 2.9 percent fewer.
Also produced chicken meat was 2018, more in the Switzerland on the sales counters, at the expense of imported goods. Sales of chicken increased by 1.1 percent to 782 million Swiss francs, although the meat was slightly cheaper than in the previous year.
roast pork, pork schnitzel, and steaks and chops are less popular than – the Declines range from 11 per cent in Roasting and 5.2 per cent in the case of chops. Overall, the butchers, and retailers sold 5.9 percent fewer pork; revenues fell thanks to higher prices and less.
you can Also use veal, beef and lamb seem to be enjoying less: veal was sold 6.3% less than in the previous year, and lamb and even 6 per cent less. However, the total quantities sold for these two types of meat are much smaller than that of the pork. Sales of beef declined by 1 percent.
Various preferences when it comes to fillet
When the fillet pieces, in turn, the preferences diverge: beef fillets went up by 3.4 per cent over the counters, while the appetite for veal and lamb fillet dwindled by 15.6, respectively, 13 percent. However, more beef, veal and lamb meat from Switzerland came, and the import volumes declined.
But when it came to the sausages, were the consumers. The left to shrink the paragraph 1.4 and revenue thanks to higher prices by 0.8 percent.
The “national sausage”, the first in his honor, recorded a sales decrease of 0.3 percent. However, “Wienerli”, Salami and sausages have been less sold. The only pates and terrines in the charcuterie shelf made appetite: 1.3% more were sold.
Popular Short-cuts of meat
a piece of meat in the pan or on the Grill, it is often one that only needs to be cooked. Around 40 per cent of the sold Swiss fresh flesh, are so-called Short-cuts of meat, imported meat, there are more than 70 percent. According to BLW, mainly Precious imported parts from abroad.
No final statements, according to the statistics, to the question of how far initiatives such as the recycling of the whole animals (“Top-to-Tail” or “from the Schnörrli to Schwänzli”) on the meat sales.
(oli/sda)
Created: 21.02.2019, 12:16 PM
