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- Per Capita Consumption of Major Food Commodities: 1970 - 1989[In pounds, retail weight, except as indicated.] Commodity 1970 1975 1980 1985 1989
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- Red meat, total 162.8 153.9 156.9 152.8 111.3
- Beef 84.4 88.0 76.4 78.8 65.0
- Veal 2.5 3.4 1.5 1.8 1.0
- Lamb & mutton 2.9 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.1
- Pork (excluding lard) 61.9 50.5 68.1 62.0 44.3
- Offals, edible 11.2 10.2 9.5 8.8 8.6
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- Fish & shellfish
- (edible weight)(1) 11.8 12.2 12.8 14.4 15.7
- Fresh & frozen 6.9 7.5 8.0 9.0 10.4
- Canned 4.5 4.3 4.5 5.1 5.0
- Tuna 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.9
- Cured .4 .4 .3 .3 .3
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- Poultry products:
- Chicken (ready to cook) 40.1 39.9 49.8 57.6 47.0
- Turkey (ready to cook) 8.1 8.5 10.5 12.1 13.5
- Eggs (farm weight) 309 276 271 253 234
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- Dairy products:
- Total (milk equivalent) 563.9 539.4 543.4 592.7 565.0
- Fluid milk & cream 275.1 261.2 246.4 238.5 230.5
- Plain & flavored
- whole milk 219.1 181.1 147.0 122.7 95.3
- Lower fat milk, total 50.0 72.7 91.2 104.6 103.6
- Low-fat milk (2% & 1%) 29.8 53.2 70.2 81.7 93.7
- Skim milk 11.6 11.5 11.7 12.5 19.7
- Buttermilk 5.5 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.7
- Flavored drink 3.0 3.3 5.3 6.0 6.5
- Cream 3.8 3.3 3.4 4.3 4.7
- Yogurt .8 2.0 2.6 4.0 4.3
- Sour cream & dip 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.5
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- Condensed & evaporated milk:
- Whole milk 7.0 5.2 3.8 3.7 3.1
- Skim milk 5.0 3.5 3.3 3.8 4.7
- Cheese 11.4 14.3 17.5 22.5 23.7
- American 7.0 8.2 9.6 12.1 11.0
- Cheddar 5.9 6.0 6.9 9.7 9.2
- Italian 2.1 3.2 4.4 6.4 8.5
- Mozzarella 1.2 2.1 3.0 4.6 6.4
- Other(2) 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.9 4.3
- Swiss .9 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2
- Cream & Neufchatel .6 .7 1.0 1.2 1.6
- Cottage Cheese 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.1 3.5
- Ice cream (product weight) 17.8 18.6 17.5 18.1 16.0
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- Fats & oils:
- Total,
- fat content only(3) 52.6 52.3 57.2 64.0 60.7
- Butter (product weight) 5.4 4.7 4.5 4.9 4.3
- Margarine (product
- weight) 10.8 11.0 11.3 10.8 10.1
- Lard (direct use) 4.6 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.8
- Edible tallow
- (direct use) - - 1.1 1.9 .9
- Shortening 17.3 17.0 18.2 22.8 21.2
- Salad & cooking oils 15.4 17.9 21.2 23.5 23.6
- Other edible fats & oils 2.3 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.3
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- Grains:
- Wheat flour 110.8 114.5 116.8 123.3 122.7
- Rice, milled 6.7 7.6 9.4 9.1 15.7
- Pasta 7.7 9.7 10.0 12.9 12.8
- Breakfast cereals 10.8 12.0 12.9 14.4 14.6
- Ready to eat 8.3 9.0 9.8 11.0 11.4
- Ready to cook 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.2
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- Sweeteners, total
- (dry weight)(4) 128.3 124.1 132.7 148.9 (NA)
- Sugar, refined
- cane & beet 101.8 89.2 83.6 63.0 62.2
- Corn sweeteners (dry
- weight) 19.2 27.5 40.2 66.5 69.7
- High fructose 1.0 7.0 27.0 60.1 63.2
- Non-caloric sweeteners
- (sugar sweetness
- equivalent)(5) 5.8 6.1 7.7 18.0 (NA)
- Saccharin 5.8 6.1 7.7 6.0 (NA)
- Aspertame - - - 12.0 (NA)
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- Other:
- Cocoa beans 3.9 3.2 3.4 4.6 5.0
- Coffee (green beans) 13.6 12.2 10.3 10.2 (NA)
- Peanuts (shelled) 5.5 6.0 4.8 6.3 7.1
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- Food consumption index
- (1982-84=100) 98.4 97.1 98.8 104.0 105.5
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- - Indicates zero consumption.
- NA=Not available.
- 1. Excludes recreational fishing, approximately 3-4 lbs. per
- capita.
- 2. Includes other cheeses, not shown separately.
- 3. The fat content of butter and margarine is 80% of product
- weight.
- 4. Includes edible syrups (maple, molasses, etc.) and honey,
- not shown separately.
- 5. Assumes saccharin is 300 times as sweet as sugar and
- aspartame 200 times as sweet as sugar. Includes cyclamate,
- which was banned by U.S. Food & Drug Administration in 1970.
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- Source:U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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