Spanish Households Increased Food Consumption, Expenditure

This remains relatively stable (+0.5 per cent). There was a slight decline in average prices (-0.4 per cent). With regard to food consumption, there was an increase of +1.0 per cent compared to the same period last year.

The study shows that the continuous increase in the purchase of fresh meat (+1.4 per cent), especially chicken (+2.4 per cent) and pork (+0.4 per cent), while maintaining the descent consumption of sheep / goat (-10.1 per cent) and beef (-1.5 per cent).

In the last 12 months there was increased consumption of dairy products (+3.0 per cent) due to increased milk preparations (+22.4 per cent), dairy desserts (+13.6 per cent), butter (+11.2 per cent), yogurt (+1.2 per cent) and cheese (+0.2 per cent). Consumption of fermented milk saw a slight decline(-0.6 per cent).

There has also been an increase in oil consumption (+1.2 per cent), due to the increasing variety of olive (+1.2 per cent), while maintaining the stable sunflower (-0.3 per cent ).

Regarding dairy products, the data showed a decrease in the consumption of liquid milk (-1.0 per cent) and the purchase of whole and semi-skimmed varieties (-6.6 per cent and 0.5 per cent respectively).

As for the data of the last month of September, a decrease in food consumption is widespread in relation to September 2011.

According to the data analyzed in this period, the household consumption contracted by -2.3 per cent, but the decline in spending is somewhat lower (-1.5 per cent due to slight increase in average prices (+0.7 per cent).

The fall in purchasing fishing products (-3.6 per cent) was as a result of the decline in consumption of frozen fish (11.3 per cent), of canned fish / Shellfish (-6.3 per cent) and Total Shellfish / seafood / shellfish (-5.1 per cent).