Total per capita meat and sausage product consumption in Germany amounted to 27.3 kilos in 2020. Of these, boiled sausage had the largest share. Other popular products included raw sausage, various ham and Bratwurst (fried sausage).
Best-known food
German sausage production in particular is known all over the world, with different types of sausage popular depending on regions. Based on consumption at least several times a month, most recently the most in-demand products include pre-packed sausages from the refrigerator, as well as fresh sausage and meat from the counter. Picking a butcher or a meat counter is a task most consumers take seriously. The average producer price per kilo for raw sausage was over seven euros in 2020.
Pigs most slaughtered animal
In German households, most consumers ate meat products several times a week. A quarter did so almost daily. Globally, the animals that are most slaughtered for meat are pigs (which correlates to Germany’s sausage production), followed by sheep.
Per capita consumption of meat and sausage products in Germany in 2019 and 2020, by type
(in kilograms)
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Deutscher Fleischer-Verband. (October 4, 2021). Per capita consumption of meat and sausage products in Germany in 2019 and 2020, by type (in kilograms) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/540971/meat-and-sausage-products-per-capita-consumption-in-germany/
Deutscher Fleischer-Verband. "Per capita consumption of meat and sausage products in Germany in 2019 and 2020, by type (in kilograms)." Chart. October 4, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/540971/meat-and-sausage-products-per-capita-consumption-in-germany/
Deutscher Fleischer-Verband. (2021). Per capita consumption of meat and sausage products in Germany in 2019 and 2020, by type (in kilograms). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/540971/meat-and-sausage-products-per-capita-consumption-in-germany/
Deutscher Fleischer-Verband. "Per Capita Consumption of Meat and Sausage Products in Germany in 2019 and 2020, by Type (in Kilograms)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/540971/meat-and-sausage-products-per-capita-consumption-in-germany/
Deutscher Fleischer-Verband, Per capita consumption of meat and sausage products in Germany in 2019 and 2020, by type (in kilograms) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/540971/meat-and-sausage-products-per-capita-consumption-in-germany/ (last visited May 18, 2022)
