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In 2017, the consumption of red<br />
meat decreased from 14.8 kilograms<br />
(kg) to 13.2 kg, while consumption of<br />
poultry meat increased from 23.2 kg<br />
to 24.8 kg. In 1990, Turkey’s consumption<br />
of red and poultry meat per capita<br />
was 12.0 kg in 1990, but reached<br />
38.0 kg in 2017. In 2017, the world<br />
average was 42.6 kg with developed<br />
countries’ average at 78 kg. By 2025,<br />
consumption of poultry meat per<br />
capita in Turkey is estimated to be<br />
32.9 kg. Turkey’s poultry industry is<br />
growing rapidly by the year.<br />
Turkey’s poultry production - including<br />
eggs, slaughtered chicken, and<br />
chicken meat -- fell in June this year<br />
on a yearly basis, the country’s statistical<br />
authority announced.<br />
Hen egg production in the country<br />
rose 6.6 percent to reach 19.3 billion<br />
units last year, compared with 2016,<br />
TurkStat data showed. The data revealed<br />
that chicken meat production<br />
also increased to 2.1 million tons<br />
in 2017, up 12.9 percent from the<br />
previous year. The number of slaughtered<br />
chickens and turkeys also rose<br />
11 percent and 9.7 percent, respectively,<br />
over the same period.<br />
26 FOOD TURKEY <strong>September</strong>/<strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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