Shocking facts about Hungarians’ food consumption

Statistics show Hungarians seem to ignore every dietary recommendation. The numbers indicate that we eat more and more animal-based products and less and less plant-based products, but at least we drink less alcohol.

Based on the country’s food supply, we can determine what Hungarians consume in the highest and lowest quantities. In other words, we can get a picture of what our diet is like.

Portfolio reports that based on statistics from 2017 collected by KSH, in 2017,

the entire food supply for the whole country was approximately 680 kg of food per person, which is approximately 2 kg of food/person/day.

This is how our food supply looked like in 2017:

• 30% fruit and vegetables
• 24% dairy products
• 13% flour and rice
• 12% meat
• 8% potatoes
• 6% fats
• 5% sugar and honey
• 2% eggs

More meat, less vegetables

The vast majority of our food supply, namely 1/3 of it was made up of various kinds of meat products (including dairy and eggs). The supply in meat continues to increase annually. Last year, it was 20% more than the previous five years’ average. The demand seems to be the highest for chicken (47%).