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1.1 POPULÆRE
FREQUENCY OF
DE MEST
CONSUMPTION
FISKESLAGENE
I TYSKLAND
Five out of ten Germans (54 %) state
REKER
that they eat fish or seafood at least
once a week. One in four even claim
to do so twice a week or more.

LAKS

26%

12%

If we compare these figures with
similar statistics for a country with
high per capita fish consumption,
SEI
TUNFISK
such as Norway, it becomes clear
that the crucial difference between
countries with high and low per
%
% can be explained
capita
consumption
by the frequency of consumption.
Some 85 % of Norwegians eat fish
at least once a week, and every
other Norwegian (53 %) eats fish at
least twice a week. With this in mind,
the first goal should be to increase
the frequency of consumption.
After all, only 3 % of Germans state
that they never eat fish or seafood.

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It is interesting to note that half
of all Germans sit down to a meal
containing fish at least once a week.
However, in other countries with a
similar frequency, such as Sweden,
per capita fish consumption is more
than 30 kilograms. This raises the
question as to why fish consumption
per capita is not higher in Germany.
There is a simple explanation.
Whereas fish is usually served as
part of a warm meal in Sweden, it
tends to feature as a smaller component of dishes in Germany: a few
slices of smoked salmon, a fishcake
or a few pieces of herring count as
a single serving of fish. 2

FISH CONSUMPTION IN
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, 2013
(kilograms per capita):

Portugal:
Norway:
Spain:
France:
Sweden:
UK:
Switzerland:
Germany:

57.1
53.4
43.0
43.0
31.1
19.0
19.0
14.8

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO), 2013

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