Table 2. Per capita meat consumption in the US.
Data from [28]. Uncertainty not available.
Red Meat | Poultry | Fish | Total | |
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Mass Consumed (kg yr-1 cap-1) | 32.4 | 24.6 | 2.6 | 59.6 |
Energy Density (kJ g-1) a | 12.2 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 10.8 b |
Energy Consumed (MJ yr-1 cap-1) | 393 | 235 | 13 | 641 |
Total calories from meat consumed per year by humans (PJ yr-1) | 206 | |||
Percent of Americans' calories from meat | 20% c |
a Values used by the USDA in their calculations
b Average of energy densities weighted by consumption.
c Americans' total energy consumption from Table 1.