Meat consumption in Germany - statistics & facts
Nothing like a good steak? That depends. Meat consumption in Germany has changed in recent decades. This relates to fluctuating consumption levels for traditional mainstays of German cuisine, pork being one famous example, as well as different consumer decisions due to the emergence of new products such as meat substitutes. Meat consumption is made up of not only consumption by humans, but of using meat in animal feed and losses due to industrial processing. Much is being said and written about the negative health effects of eating red meat. Coupled with growing consumer awareness of how livestock and poultry are not always kept in animal-friendly conditions, or just how the meat industry uses natural resources, meat consumption has long since become a topic connected to a multitude of issues beyond just buying and eating: environmental protection, sustainability, climate change, farming, and animal rights.
