more meat and little olive oil. Spanish households were quick to react to fluctuations in the shopping basket, and given the general rise in prices of basic foods last year (despite the reduced VAT that many enjoyed), they reacted predictably. : Olive oil consumption dropped by more than 34% in one year. sunflowerBecoming one of the most affordable alternatives, Sold 20.9% more. latest data food consumption at homeHowever, the report published this Wednesday by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acquisitions feed and drinks It stabilized last November with 0.4% more volume than the same month in 2022, although a 7% increase in average price led to 7.4% more spending.
Besides the predictable decline in olive oil, bread consumption (-3.1%) and fresh fruits (-2.2%) decreased in households through November 2023, the last month for which data is available, but on the other hand increased particularly in 2020. meat (+10.3%) and eggs (+6.3%). Among the meats chickenThe one that follows it sells 16.75% more pigWith an increase of 14.44% and finally vealIt increased by 4.2 percent. one of them lamb According to the Ministry’s data, following the trend of recent years, this time it recorded a new decrease of 28.62%.
“Thanks to the drop in grain prices, chicken production of other bird species has normalized, making these meats now more affordable,” explains Josep Capdevila, wholesaler at Mercabarna and member of the Catalan Academy of Gastronomy. i Nutrition. Pork and beef also benefited Large grain flow from UkraineThis reduced the price of feed eaten by animals. Unlike other cattle, lamb fed in open areas is a separate section. “There are few and expensive, because of drought“, was recognized a few weeks ago by Mercabarna meat industry spokesman Martí Colomer.
Banana and kiwi are resisting, tangerine is falling
fresh fruit It lost its importance in the shopping basket last November. According to the data compiled by Tarım, although banana and kiwi consumption increased, this increase was not enough to compensate for the decrease in oranges, tangerines, apples and pears. Thus, in last year’s calculation, fruit recorded a 2.24% decrease in consumption, although its price remained fairly stable. Purchases fresh vegetables, in this case 3.65%. A possible explanation for these two decreases may be the decrease in domestic production due to drought and the irrigation restrictions it brings.
Another product that continues to accumulate consumer losses is dailyboth milk and its derivatives. The former fell by 1.13% between November 2022 and November 2023, while derivatives, including yoghurt, lost 0.98%. On the other hand, despite prices reaching record levels in the international market, sugar consumption increasedby 3.34%.