Finland Beef

Finland Beef

Facts about beef in Finland

  • Finland consumes more meat and dairy than it needs to- so much so that half of its population is overweight and 20% is obese.
  • Finland consumed 71.26 kg of meat per capita in 2007 while consuming more dairy than any other nation in the world.
  • Finnish people ate 76.7 kg of meat per capita in 2008 – half a kilogram more than in 2007.
  • . In 2008- beef consumption amounted to 18.2 kg per capita- pork consumption to 35.3 kg and poultry meat consumption to 18.5 kg.
  • The total consumption of meat amounted to 76.7 kg per capita. This includes also game and edible offal’s. The total amount is half a kilogram larger than in 2007.