Table 2.
Consumption per capita by meat category, 2008–09 to 2018–19
| 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | ptrend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total meat | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 103·7 (2·3) | 97·4 (3·3) | 99·3 (2·56) | 94·1 (2·2) | 95·4 (2·3) | 94·5 (2·3) | 99·9 (3·0) | 93·6 (2·5) | 93·0 (3·1) | 87·9 (2·4) | 86·3 (2·9) | <0·0001 |
| Percentage of consumers | 96% | 95% | 95% | 95% | 97% | 95% | 95% | 95% | 93% | 94% | 93% | 0·0068 |
| Total red meat | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 37·4 (1·4) | 31·4 (1·3) | 31·9 (1·4) | 30·6 (1·3) | 32·1 (1·5) | 28·6 (1·4) | 30·2 (1·5) | 28·2 (1·2) | 29·3 (1·7) | 25·8 (1·2) | 23·7 (1·3) | <0·0001 |
| Percentage of consumers | 80% | 76% | 74% | 76% | 79% | 75% | 74% | 73% | 72% | 71% | 69% | <0·0001 |
| Total white meat | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 32·5 (1·3) | 33·4 (2·5) | 35·1 (1·7) | 32·8 (1·3) | 32·7 (1·2) | 33·2 (1·6) | 39·6 (1·8) | 38·7 (1·7) | 38·2 (1·8) | 36·2 (1·7) | 35·7 (1·9) | 0·0027 |
| Percentage of consumers | 76% | 74% | 75% | 75% | 77% | 75% | 78% | 78% | 78% | 80% | 79% | 0·0020 |
| Total processed meat | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 33·8 (1·5) | 32·6 (1·6) | 32·3 (1·6) | 30·7 (1·1) | 30·6 (1·2) | 32·6 (1·6) | 30·1 (1·5) | 26·7 (1·2) | 25·5 (1·3) | 25·9 (1·2) | 26·8 (1·6) | <0·0001 |
| Percentage of consumers | 81% | 80% | 74% | 79% | 80% | 79% | 78% | 74% | 73% | 76% | 74% | 0·0003 |
| Total fish | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 21·8 (1·2) | 21·8 (1·0) | 20·6 (1·0) | 21·4 (1·1) | 19·4 (1·1) | 21·3 (1·4) | 21·0 (1·5) | 19·6 (1·0) | 19·7 (1·0) | 21·9 (1·5) | 21·6 (1·2) | 0·57 |
| Percentage of consumers | 63% | 64% | 61% | 64% | 61% | 59% | 63% | 62% | 62% | 61% | 63% | 0·51 |
| Beef | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 19·0 (0·9) | 18·6 (1·0) | 18·2 (1·0) | 17·0 (1·1) | 17·2 (1·4) | 14·9 (0·9) | 16·8 (1·0) | 15·7 (1·0) | 16·7 (1·1) | 14·5 (0·9) | 13·3 (0·9) | <0·0001 |
| Percentage of consumers | 62% | 62% | 59% | 60% | 59% | 59% | 58% | 57% | 57% | 57% | 53% | 0·0004 |
| Lamb | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 7·2 (0·7) | 5·1 (0·6) | 6·4 (1·0) | 4·7 (0·7) | 5·8 (0·7) | 5·5 (0·7) | 5·0 (0·8) | 4·3 (0·6) | 5·2 (0·8) | 4·6 (0·6) | 3·3 (0·5) | 0·0002 |
| Percentage of consumers | 23% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 10% | <0·0001 |
| Pork | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 8·4 (0·7) | 5·8 (0·6) | 5·4 (0·6) | 7·6 (0·7) | 7·6 (0·8) | 6·2 (0·7) | 6·9 (0·7) | 6·7 (0·7) | 6·5 (0·8) | 5·6 (0·6) | 5·8 (0·6) | 0·080 |
| Percentage of consumers | 27% | 22% | 17% | 27% | 27% | 24% | 26% | 26% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 0·48 |
| Other red meat and offal | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 2·8 (0·5) | 1·9 (0·3) | 2·0 (0·3) | 1·2 (0·2) | 1·5 (0·2) | 2·0 (0·3) | 1·4 (0·3) | 1·4 (0·2) | 1·0 (0·3) | 1·1 (0·2) | 1·4 (0·3) | 0·0002 |
| Percentage of consumers | 16% | 16% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 10% | <0·0001 |
| Poultry | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 32·0 (1·3) | 32·8 (2·5) | 34·8 (1·7) | 32·4 (1·3) | 32·1 (1·2) | 32·4 (1·6) | 38·9 (1·8) | 38·3 (1·7) | 37·7 (1·9) | 35·8 (1·7) | 35·3 (1·9) | 0·0024 |
| Percentage of consumers | 76% | 73% | 75% | 75% | 77% | 74% | 78% | 77% | 78% | 79% | 79% | 0·0021 |
| Game birds | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 0·6 (0·1) | 0·6 (0·1) | 0·3 (0·1) | 0·4 (0·1) | 0·6 (0·2) | 0·9 (0·5) | 0·7 (0·3) | 0·4 (0·1) | 0·5 (0·1) | 0·4 (0·1) | 0·4 (0·1) | 0·72 |
| Percentage of consumers | 3% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 0·90 |
| Processed red meat | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 16·2 (0·8) | 17·0 (1·3) | 16·2 (0·8) | 15·9 (0·7) | 15·4 (0·8) | 17·4 (1·0) | 15·2 (0·8) | 14·7 (0·7) | 13·9 (0·9) | 14·2 (0·8) | 13·3 (0·8) | 0·0005 |
| Percentage of consumers | 70% | 70% | 66% | 70% | 68% | 70% | 65% | 63% | 63% | 66% | 62% | 0·0002 |
| Burgers | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 2·9 (0·4) | 3·2 (0·4) | 3·0 (0·4) | 2·8 (0·3) | 3·2 (0·4) | 3·3 (0·4) | 3·2 (0·4) | 2·1 (0·3) | 2·2 (0·3) | 2·0 (0·3) | 3·1 (0·5) | 0·075 |
| Percentage of consumers | 14% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 0·035 |
| Sausages | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 14·6 (1·0) | 12·3 (0·7) | 13·1 (1·0) | 12·1 (0·8) | 12·0 (0·8) | 11·9 (0·8) | 11·6 (0·9) | 9·9 (0·6) | 9·4 (0·7) | 9·7 (0·7) | 10·4 (0·8) | <0·0001 |
| Percentage of consumers | 44% | 40% | 37% | 39% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 37% | 36% | 38% | 39% | 0·060 |
| Processed poultry | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 0 | 0·1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0·1 (0·0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0·0039 |
| Percentage of consumers | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0·032 |
| White fish | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 8·7 (0·7) | 7·9 (0·5) | 9·2 (0·6) | 7·9 (0·5) | 7·8 (0·7) | 8·1 (0·9) | 7·6 (0·6) | 7·2 (0·5) | 6·5 (0·5) | 7·7 (0·9) | 7·9 (0·8) | 0·033 |
| Percentage of consumers | 35% | 33% | 35% | 33% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 32% | 31% | 29% | 31% | 0·014 |
| Oily fish | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 7·4 (0·7) | 7·8 (0·7) | 6·2 (0·7) | 7·6 (0·7) | 6·8 (0·8) | 8·2 (0·9) | 8·0 (1·1) | 6·9 (0·7) | 7·6 (0·6) | 8·2 (0·9) | 7·1 (0·7) | 0·56 |
| Percentage of consumers | 24% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 0·016 |
| Canned tuna | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 3·3 (0·4) | 3·4 (0·3) | 3·0 (0·4) | 3·4 (0·4) | 2·8 (0·3) | 2·7 (0·3) | 3·3 (0·5) | 3·4 (0·3) | 3·0 (0·4) | 3·9 (0·6) | 4·0 (0·5) | 0·24 |
| Percentage of consumers | 17% | 22% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 16% | 18% | 20% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 0·38 |
| Shellfish | ||||||||||||
| Grams per day (SE) | 2·4 (0·3) | 2·7 (0·4) | 2·2 (0·4) | 2·6 (0·4) | 1·9 (0·3) | 2·3 (0·3) | 2·1 (0·4) | 2·2 (0·3) | 2·6 (0·4) | 2·1 (0·4) | 2·6 (0·3) | 0·68 |
| Percentage of consumers | 15% | 17% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 0·22 |
N=15 655. Data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey rolling programme.