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Beef represented the biggest category of fresh primary meat and poultry purchases in the UK with a total value of approximately *** million British pounds for the twelve weeks ending April 23, 2017. It was followed by chicken at around *** million British pounds. Other red meats, such as dear and goat, were the least purchased meat types in the UK.

Global meat industry

Globally, the market value of processed meat is expected to rise to over *** trillion dollars by 2022. As of 2016, poultry and red meat were the two most popular types of processed meat with a ** and a ** percent share of the global market respectively.

Meat consumption in the UK

As of 2016, it was estimated that an average consumption of beef and veal per person per year was ****kg. Furthermore, the average weekly purchase per person decreased from *** grams in 2016 to *** grams in 2016/2017. The ongoing downward trend in the UK matches corresponding European Union (EU-28) forecasts of a decline of the beef and veal consumption volume. With health and climate concerns growing worldwide this trend is unlikely to reverse.