The consumption of liquid milk among the people in Finland continued to decline for a long time, and last year, the consumption decreased by about two per cent, according to the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Liquid milk included skimmed, semi-skimmed, whole and raw milk. An average of 85 litres of milk was consumed per capita last year.
“Semi-skimmed milk is consumed the most, followed by skimmed milk. Their consumption decreased by about three per cent according to the Balance Sheet. In contrast, whole milk consumption increased slightly after a lengthy slump. However, whole milk only accounts for some 13 per cent of the consumption of liquid milk products,” said Senior Specialist of Luke Erja Mikkola.
According to preliminary calculations, the consumption of liquid milk and other liquid dairy products totalled about 130 kilograms per capita last year.
Their consumption decreased by roughly two per cent in total. Other fresh dairy products, including puddings and flavoured quarks, are also included in liquid milk products. Their consumption has grown in the long term and also increased last year, up by roughly five per cent.
Last year, cheese consumption was approximately 26.1 kilograms per capita. The consumption increased only slightly from the previous year.
Butter consumption has been around three kilograms for several years. Last year, an average of 3.1 kilograms of butter was consumed.
The total consumption of meat was roughly 78.2 kilograms per capita in Finland in 2024.
The consumption of beef, pork, lamb and poultry meat was approximately 76.2 kilograms, compared to about 75.5 kilograms in the previous year.
Beef and poultry meat were consumed more than in the previous year, whereas pork and lamb consumption decreased.
The consumption of horse and reindeer meat also decreased slightly. While beef consumption has decreased for several years in succession, it was almost four per cent higher than in the previous year, roughly 17.7 kilograms per capita.
The long-term growth in poultry meat consumption continued. Last year, it was about 30.7 kilograms per capita, up by roughly three per cent from the year before.
Poultry meat already surpassed pork consumption in 2023.
Approximately 27.4 kilograms of pork, 0.4 kilograms of lamb, 0.1 kilograms of horse meat and 0.4 kilograms of reindeer meat were consumed per capita.
The total fish consumption in Finland was 13.7 kilograms per person in 2024, the consumption remained almost unchanged.
Last year, egg consumption was roughly 11.8 kilograms per capita, which was 11.7 kilograms in the year before.
The consumption of fresh fruit was slightly more than 48 kilograms per capita. Citrus fruit accounted for a quarter, almost 12 kilograms, and other fresh fruit for 36.6 kilograms.
The total consumption of fresh vegetables was about 64 kilograms per capita, which showed an increase from the previous year.
Approximately 11.6 kilograms of tomatoes and 52.4 kilograms of other fresh vegetables were eaten.
However, the amount of vegetables consumed, is only indicative and also includes potential waste. The domestic production of both tomatoes and other fresh vegetables increased from the previous year.
According to Luke’s estimate, the use of potatoes for food has been less than 65 kilograms per capita in recent years.
The total consumption of cereals was roughly 87.3 kilograms per capita in 2024, showing an increase of 1.4 kilograms from the year before. The industry used significantly more oats for food than before.
According to the calculation, oats consumption reached its peak thus far. The consumption of wheat and barley also increased slightly from the previous year, whereas that of rye decreased but remained slightly higher than oats. Consumption was 49.3 kilograms for wheat, 12.2 for rye, 12.0 for oats, 0.8 for barley, and 7.9 for rice. Rice consumption remained unchanged. Maize, buckwheat and other bread cereals are also included in the total consumption of cereals.
“The use of oats for food has increased considerably, but their use for feed is still higher in Finland,” said Mikkola.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
