Honey consumption remains stagnant in Spain and does not exceed 18,000 tons per year

Published 2023년 6월 14일

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The European Union, led by Spain, is the world's second-largest honey producer. However, Spanish consumer consumption has remained steady at 18,000 tons annually for the past decade, with only a slight increase in 2020 due to the pandemic. Per capita consumption is 0.8 kilograms per year, and honey consumers in Spain are predominantly over 50. Despite honey's potential health benefits for active individuals, only 5.5% of younger consumers are buying it. An information campaign by Asemiel-Aninpa and the European Union is targeting Spanish families to promote the consumption of European honey.

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The European Union is the second largest honey producer in the world, only behind China. This position is mainly due to the contribution of Spain, whose average has been around 33,000 tons produced per campaign over the last five years, as the leading producer country in the common market. However, the data does not transfer to the consumption of this food since the annual consumption figures in Spanish households have been stagnant at 18,000 tons of honey for a decade. According to the Food Consumption Panel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Map), this figure has not changed except in 2020, which rose to 19,556 tons, when the population increased intake due to the pandemic. Such a situation locates the current per capita consumption at 0.8 kilograms per year, while in Germany it reaches one kilogram per year. In addition, honey consumers in Spain have an increasingly senior profile, aged 50 and over, since they account for 71.4% of the people who buy this food ...

Source: Financialfood