Egg consumption in Brazil to increase by 8%
Ongoing COVID-19 crisis has led to an unemployment rate of 12.4% in Brazil and lower household incomes and consumers are currently switching fast from meat to cheaper protein, such as eggs. According to data from the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), Brazilians should consume, on average, a record 250 eggs per person in 2020, equivalent to an increase of 8.5%, when compared to last year, and above the overall average of 235 eggs.
Since March, there was a constant increased demand for eggs, reaching in some Brazilian states at 30%. For some of the egg producers it was easy to redirect orders from restaurants, now closed, to the retail, while others had to stop exports.
"Increasing the production of eggs does not happen overnight. But as we had a retraction in the consumption of restaurants, we managed to adjust our production in order to meet this increase in demand. For that, it was necessary to quickly adapt the production lines to contain the direct impacts on logistics and packaging. We also stopped exports so that we could prioritize the increase in domestic consumption of eggs," explained Leandro Pinto, president of Mantiqueira group.
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