Per Capita Consumption of Principal Foods¹

(in pounds unless otherwise noted)

Food	1990	1995	2000	2002	2004	2005
Red meats^2,3,4	112.2	113.6	113.7	114.0	112.0	110.0
Beef	63.9	63.5	64.5	64.5	62.9	62.4
Veal	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
Lamb	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8
Pork	46.4	48.4	47.8	48.2	47.8	46.5
Poultry^2,3,4	56.2	62.1	67.9	70.7	72.7	73.6
Chicken	42.4	48.2	54.2	56.8	59.2	60.4
Turkey	13.8	13.9	13.7	14.0	13.4	13.1
Fish and shellfish	14.9	14.8	15.2	15.6	16.5	16.1
Eggs^{4, 5}	234.1	232.3	251.0	254.6	256.1	32.7
Cheese	24.6	26.9	29.8	30.5	31.3	31.4
Beverage milks	221.5	206.3	193.8	188.8	183.1	181.0
All dairy products, milk equivalent, milkfat basis⁶	568.0	576.2	592.2	585.4	591.8	600.5
Fats and oils	65.3	66.9	84.7	90.8	89.4	85.5
Butter and margarine (product weight)	15.3	13.5	12.0	10.9	9.9	8.5
Shortening	22.2	22.2	31.6	33.3	32.6	29.1
Lard and beef tallow	1.5	2.9	4.8	4.7	4.7	5.3
Salad and cooking oils	25.2	26.5	34.8	40.3	40.8	42.7
Fruits and vegetables	660.2	692.5	711.7	685.4	694.3	688.6
Fruit	274.2	284.8	288.7	273.7	271.4	273.2
Vegetables	386.0	407.6	423.0	411.8	422.8	415.4
Peanuts	6.1	5.7	5.9	5.9	6.7	6.6
Tree nuts	2.45	1.94	2.57	3.24	3.62	2.7
Flour and cereal products⁷	181.0	188.7	199.2	191.7	191.5	192.3
Wheat flour	135.9	140.0	146.3	136.8	134.3	134.1
Rice (milled basis)	15.8	17.1	18.9	19.5	20.4	21.0
Caloric sweeteners⁸	132.4	144.1	148.8	146.1	141.0	141.6
Coffee (green bean equiv.)	10.3	7.9	10.3	9.2	9.6	9.5
Cocoa (chocolate liquor equiv.)	4.3	3.6	4.7	3.9	4.8	5.2

1. In pounds, retail weight unless otherwise stated. Consumption normally represents total supply minus exports, nonfood use, and ending stocks. Calendar-year data, except fresh citrus fruits, peanuts, tree nuts, and rice, which are on crop-year basis.

2. Totals may not add up due to rounding.

3. Boneless, trimmed weight. Chicken series revised to exclude amount of ready-to-cook chicken going to pet food as well as some water leakage that occurs when chicken is cut up before packaging.

4. Excludes shipments to the U.S. territories.

5. Number per capita.

6. Includes condensed and evaporated milk and dry milk products.

7. Includes rye, corn, oats, and barley products. Excludes quantities used in alcoholic beverages, corn sweeteners, and fuel.

8. Dry weight equivalent.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Web: www.usda.gov .

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