Germany: Fewer potato products, more fresh potatoes consumed
Fresh Common Potato
Germany
Published Jan 12, 2022
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Every German citizen consumed a total of 59.4 kg of potatoes in the 2020/21 marketing year - two kilograms more than in the previous year. The per capita consumption of potato products such as French fries, potato salad and chips fell by 400 grams, informs the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food. The consumption of fresh potatoes, on the other hand, rose by around 3 kg per person and, according to preliminary data from the Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL), is 24.2 kg.
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This continues the trend of the past two years. The main reasons are the corona-related restrictions on out-of-home consumption and the increased preparation of meals in private households. As in previous years, the domestic demand for potatoes from domestic production could be met. The degree of self-sufficiency was 145% in 2020/2021. Use of potatoes 2020/21 (Image source: BLE) Corona affects usage Since there were corona-related sales problems for potatoes that are further processed into French fries, some of them were processed in starch factories or given for feeding. This is easily reflected in the use of potatoes in the 2020/21 marketing year: Around 68% of the potatoes used domestically were used for food consumption (2019/20: 70%), 14% were used in industrial processing (starch) (2019/20: 13%), 8% as planting material (2019/20 : 9%) and 4% as feed (2019/20: 3%); the losses were around 6% (2019/20: 5%). Cultivation area smaller again ...
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