Each Spaniard consumes an average of 30 kilograms of bread per year

Each Spaniard consumes an average of 30 kilograms of bread per year in all its forms, and the total turnover of this category reaches 3,290 million euros, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Of these 30 kilograms, approximately a quarter correspond to the consumption of packaged fresh and toasted bread, where white sliced bread continues to show its hegemony in this category and accounts for half of the value invoiced by the sector in 2021, when it reached sales of around 750 million euros. "Consuming packaged bread in our country is favoring stable employment, which maintains 2020 figures, but with an increase in indefinite contracts, which represent 84% of the total and with a high representation of women (84%) and young people (37%) ”, indicates the Spanish Sweet Association, Produlce. With regard to exports, France (a country with a long tradition of bread consumption like Spain) consolidates its position with a modest growth in sales of ...