The meat consumption of the German population is declining. Average per capita consumption falls by around three percent every year. Oldenburg is no exception: "We think everyone in the industry notices that. Meatless sausage alternatives fill entire shelves in supermarkets and people who do without meat are no longer a rarity, even among close friends and family," conclude Lukas Bartsch and Frerk Sander the Stadt-Fleischerei Bartsch summarizes the market situation...

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More than every second person consciously abstains from meat at least sometimes / Sustainability, animal welfare and health aspects contribute to the rethinking of meat consumption / Meat substitutes: popularity has increased across all categories / When flexitarians eat meat, then they prefer poultry...

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Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the cost of energy and food has increased significantly. And a trend reversal is not in sight. This development is also increasing poverty-related malnutrition and the associated social inequality in Germany...

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A report on the global nutritional situation prepared by the management consultancy PwC Strategy& does not apply to the German meat industry. "A one-sided distorted picture of meat production is drawn here," criticizes Dr. Heike Harstick, General Manager of the Meat Industry Association, the publication...

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The food retail trade (LEH) would have to use its influence much more to advance the restructuring of the food systems and really fulfill its role as "gatekeeper" to consumers. This is shown by a current study carried out by the Research Institute for Organic Farming (FIBL) on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA)...

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The German meat industry fears supply bottlenecks for food in Germany in the coming winter. "The price avalanche is rolling and the federal government, with its hesitant policy, is jeopardizing the conversion of animal husbandry to more animal welfare and thus self-sufficiency from domestic production," says Steffen Reiter, spokesman for the industry initiative Focus Meat...

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Slaughterhouses fear disadvantages for their export opportunities if they slaughter pigs from ASF restricted areas, because many third countries, including Canada, do not accept all pork from such operations...

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Around 1.900 fewer pig farms than a year ago. Federal Statistical Office - WIESBADEN - According to preliminary results, 2022 million pigs were kept in Germany as of May 22,3. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports, this is the lowest pig population since German unification in 1990. At that time, 30,8 million pigs were kept...

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The International Butchers Exhibition (IFFA) recently ended at Messe Frankfurt after six days of the fair. And in the 70-year history of this leading trade fair, there were signs of change: technologies and solutions for plant-based meat substitutes and alternative proteins were new...

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In 2020, around 11 million tonnes of food waste was thrown away along the food supply chain. This emerges from a report that the German government sent to the EU Commission yesterday...

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Supporting German farmers is an important concern for Kaufland. As part of its Wertschatze quality meat program for pigs, the company is now supporting its contract farmers with a special bonus of an additional three euros per pig...

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