Meat consumption in Finland fell for fifth year in row in 2023

FINNS have cut back on meat consumption for five successive years, reveal statistics published by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

The consumption of meat hit an all-time high of 81.3 kilos per capita in 2018, but it has since decreased year after year, dropping below the 78-kilo mark last year for the first time since 2014. The consumption of beef decreased by 0.4 kilos and that of pork by 1.0 kilos from the previous year, but the consumption of poultry increased by nearly a kilo in 2023.