Swiss are told to eat less meat
Swiss are eating 110g of meat every day but they are told to reduce the consumption by two-thirds of this amount, according to the new guidelines released for Switzerland, informs Le News.
Meat consumption in the country is not one of the highest in the world, considering that an American is eating around 270g of meat on a daily basis. In fact, meat consumption in the country is placing Switzerland at the middle of the top (26) at 75 kilograms per person a year. The leaders are Australians that are eating 112 kilograms of meat per year while the lowest rate of meat consumption is reported in India (4 kg/year). From the neighbouring countries included in the survey, France has a 31% above average across all meats and Germany 10% higher.
Nevertheless, Switzerland is known for high prices on animal protein, for example, chicken meat being by 222% more expensive in this country than the average price resulted from the survey conducted in 51 other markets around the globe.
The new guidelines regarding food consumption in Switzerland are following some interesting recommendations transmitted by Greenpeace that requires a 50% reduction in meat and dairy consumption by 2050 in order to decrease the impact of agriculture on the environment.
At the same time, a new trend based on healthy living principles has appeared in one of the largest meat markets in the world. According to a new report published by The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, 39% of the Chinese have reduced their meat consumption habits in the last few years. The majority of this reduction was aimed at pork, a meat that has seen steadily declining sales for the past three years, reports Livekindly magazine.
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