Top-list vegetables in Hungarian cuisines

Published Sep 18, 2021

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The article highlights the increased per capita consumption of vegetables and fruits in Hungary, with data showing a notable rise in the consumption of tomatoes and peppers over the past decade. Despite challenges like weather conditions affecting vegetable production, the South Gardener of Szentes, a cooperative with over 500 producers, has adopted solutions like landless vegetable production to minimize risks. This cooperative, the largest of its kind in Hungary, is responding to climate change by shifting towards vegetable production in regulated environments. This year, it has secured contracts for the sale of 28.3 thousand tons of fresh market products, marking a significant increase from the previous year.

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Compared to decades, the per capita consumption of vegetables and fruits has increased, said the South Gardener of Szentes, which cooperates with more than 500 producers, based on official data. Although vegetable production is affected by the weather, DélKERTÉSZ already has a solution to minimize the resulting risk. Tomatoes, peppers that can avoid the vicissitudes of the weather. The basic components of letcho, tomatoes and peppers are in a prominent place in Hungarian cuisines, and according to the data of the CSO, the consumption of vegetables and fruits per capita has also increased in a decade. In 2010, on average, less than 38 kilos of fruit were consumed per capita, but in 2019, consumption exceeded 53 kilos. Total vegetable consumption, excluding potatoes, also increased: in 2010 it was 48 kilos, and nine years later it was already 53 kilos per person. Within the consumption of vegetables, the share of potatoes is the largest, 43 percent, but in the top five there are ...

Source: Agrarium