Consumption that is progressing but has to deal with rising prices. Meat consumption in France rose in 2022 despite falling household purchases due to inflation, according to a study by Agreste, the statistical office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, published last Friday.
In particular, “total apparent national meat consumption” increased by 0.8% year-on-year, “almost at the same pace as in 2021” when an increase of 0.7% was recorded. This increase is partly due to “population growth” and, above all, an increase in average per capita meat consumption (+0.5%), which increases from 84.9 kg of carcass equivalent (kgeq) per capita in 2021 to 85.2 kg equivalent in 2022.
The “carcass-equivalent kilogram” is a unit of measure that aggregates weight data for live animals and meat in all its forms (carcasses, boneless or boneless cuts, dried meat, etc.), the study clarifies.
Falling purchases due to inflation
Thus, according to these statistics, meat consumption is gradually increasing after a sharp drop recorded during the pandemic due to self-isolation and restaurant closures: in 2020, the amount of meat eaten on average by a Frenchman every year fell to 84.5. kgf compared to 86 kgf in 2019.
In 2022, total beef consumption increased by 1% compared to 2021, as did pork (+1.6%) and lamb (+2.4%) consumption. On the other hand, poultry meat consumption decreased by 0.4%, in particular due to a significant drop in duck meat consumption (-26.9%), affected by the bird flu epidemic.
The French seem to be eating a little more meat than in 2021, but they don’t do it at home. In 2022, “household purchases will decline very sharply in both meat and poultry,” the study notes, which notes a 4.2% decline in meat, frozen foods and sausages, and a fall of 5 ,8%. % for poultry.
The fall, which can be explained by “high inflation”, rising prices for poultry meat (+7.8% on average) and meat products (+5.2%). “This inflation has led to an adjustment in purchasing habits,” the study notes: “Households maintained their purchases of chicken, pork and ham, but reduced their purchases of beef (-6.8% compared to 2019). “Thus, households preferred less expensive meat products despite sometimes high price increases (+14.4% for chicken meat compared to 2019),” continues the Ministry of Agriculture.
Source: Le Parisien
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