The amount of pork consumed in Finland has been declining for 3 consecutive years, even if meat consumption has remained the same.

Residents of Finland eat the same amount of meat (81 kg. / Year), including game and offal, but red meat is steadily losing ground in the domestic market.

The average pork consumption in the country is 32.5 kg. (-3%), according to statistics recorded in 2018, Beef began to buy less (19.3 kg.), While poultry increased its presence in the Finnish menu, reaching an average consumption of 25.6 kg last year ./pers., maintaining a ten-year trend of increasing consumption among Finns.

According to the Finnish Natural Resources Institute (Luke), the consumption of liquid dairy products decreased by 3% to 155 kg. per capita after reducing milk consumption by 5%.

Grain consumption, in turn, amounted to 79 kg. per capita, indicating a fall of 1 kg. compared to the previous year. The total amount is 44.6 kg. wheat, 15.3 kg. rye, 7.3 kg. oats, 6.0 kg. rice, 1.8 kg. barley and 0.7 kg. corn. The Finns menu also includes 14 kg. citrus, 45 kg. other fresh fruits and 64 kg. fresh vegetables, reports the Helsinki Times.

For information, the number of pigs in Finland has been steadily declining since 1998, when 1.54 million of these animals were raised in the country. In 2018, the number of pigs in the country amounted to 1.04 million heads.