PigProgress Brazil’s pork consumption up 17% in 5 years Even though beef and poultry consumption are much stronger in Brazil, there’s reason to be optimistic about pork consumption in the country. Recent figures point to a 16.5% growth over the last 5 years. Brazil’s Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) revealed last month that Brazilians ate 16.86kg of pork per capita last year. That is an increase of 16.5% in comparison to 5 years earlier (2015), when the Brazilians consumed 14.47kg altogether. Growth of pork products in supermarkets Most part is due to a growth of this type of animal protein in supermarkets during the last half year. Consultancy company Horus said that pig meat has doubled its presence at purchases since mid-last year. For every 100 purchases, just 1 contained pork in July last year. In the 2nd half of 2021, that number rose to 2 purchases of pork meat per 100.