More milk and fish, but less fruit and potatoes were consumed in 2007
According to the Central Statistical Office, food consumption per person was a total of 61 kg in 2007.
The domestic meat consumption in 2007 was 63 kg per person. The consumption of poultry and pig was 29 and 28 kg per person, while the the domestic beef consumption per person was only 3.3 kg. The 2007 fish consumption increased to 3.8 kg which is a more than 10 percent increase compared to the average of 2002-2006. Egg consumption was 270 units per person in 2007, 5.5 percent below the average of the previous five years. The consumption of milk and milk products (163.5 kg per person) did not change compared to 2006, however, significantly exceeded the average of the previous five years with 7 percent.
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