Egg consumption in Spain will grow again by more than 7% and will reach around 436 Mkg

Domestic egg consumption will once again break a record at the end of this year 2024. According to estimates by the interprofessional Inprovo, with the data recorded during the first half of the year, demand will grow by more than 7%, which will place consumption close to 436 Mkg. All this after having recorded the greatest growth in the shopping basket during 2023, resisting the fall in food consumption (-1.5%) and showing an increase of 8.7% to 407 Mkg of eggs. This figure represents a per capita consumption of 8.68 kg per person, that is, more than 137 eggs per person per year (an average of almost 3 per week), with an average expenditure of €28 per person. Cantabria, Navarra and the Basque Country led egg purchases in Spain during this last period, while Extremadura, the Balearic Islands and Murcia close the statistics. As already analysed in the latest report published by Alimarket last June, which includes rankings by total marketed volume, current and expected cage-free ...