Rabbit Product Council: the first European Rabbit Meat Days event series ended successfully

By: Trademagazin Date: 2025. 10. 28. 11:43

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The first-ever European Rabbit Meat Days event series has concluded, and based on experience, Hungarian consumers are open to dishes containing quality rabbit meat – the Rabbit Interprofessional Organization and Product Council told MTI on Monday.

A total of 32 restaurants from almost all over the country participated in the event, which took place between October 4-5. In addition to Budapest, Debrecen, Eger, Nyíregyháza, Szekszárd, Kaposvár, Pécs and the Balaton Uplands, several smaller settlements, such as Zengővárkony, Palkonya, Szálka or Lajoskomárom, also participated in the campaign, making the program a true national gastronomic collaboration – they wrote. Guests of the restaurants could taste creative and special rabbit dishes in a modern setting.

The program series was followed by a tasting in five Pest County shopping centers on October 17, where customers welcomed the gastronomic experience.

. Experience clearly shows that there is interest in high-quality, creatively prepared rabbit dishes in Hungary, the product council concluded.

The series of events, implemented in partnership with the Rabbit Product Council and the Spanish INTERCÚN, and co-funded by the EU, is the first stage of a three-year campaign aimed at re-establishing rabbit meat as a staple of everyday and festive Hungarian cuisine.

Rabbit meat can be easily incorporated into a healthy diet, is an excellent source of protein, is allergen- and fat-free, easily digestible, rich in vitamins and minerals, and also adapts well to the flavors of Hungarian cuisine.

Róbert Juráskó, President of the Rabbit Interprofessional Organization and Product Council, highlighted in the announcement:

Hungary is the fourth largest rabbit meat producer in Europe and the second largest exporter in the world, but the product council aims to make rabbit meat an everyday item on the tables of domestic consumers.

According to data previously published by the product council, annual rabbit production in Hungary reaches 3.6 million pieces. Hungarian rabbit meat is sought after on European markets, the export rate of the sector’s production is 90-95 percent, worth 30 million euros per year. Domestic sales are approximately 410 tons.