Taiwanese Annual Meat Consumption Increases

Meat consumption in Taiwan averages 77.1kg per capita per year, higher than China, Japan and South Korea, according to a new study.

The consumption figure is still lower than the US and Germany, the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy said.

Germany’s per-capita meat consumption is nearly 80kg a year, while in the US it is 77kg.

In China, meat consumption averages 60.8kg per capita and in both South Korea and Japan the figure is less than 40kg.

The production of 1kg of grain-fed beef requires 10kg of grain on average, causes emissions of about 36kg of carbon dioxide and results in the loss of topsoil equal to 35kg through erosion, the report said.