Germans Are Losing Their Taste for Pork
- Pork eating at 11-year low among Germans, EU’s top consumers
- Healthier diets, more refugees spur long slide in meat demand
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The nation that gave the world Bratwurst and hot dogs is cutting back on its favorite pork sausages and larding up plates with more veggie concoctions instead.
Germans last year consumed the smallest amount of pig meat since at least 2005, and the drop will continue in 2017, according to Agriculture Market Information Co. in Bonn. In Europe’s largest hog-producing and pork-eating nation, ham and sausage demand has dropped for at least three straight years.