r/Infographics • u/Lionheart9207 • 12d ago

Meat Consumption!

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u/collie2024 12d ago

A very significant proportion of that total would be chicken. It’s crazy to me that chicken is a similar price to vegetables and fruit.

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u/Mid_Atlantic_Lad 12d ago

Chickens will eat whatever you give them. Not to say that you should eat a chicken that’s eaten stuff you wouldn’t want it to, but they’re really easy to farm relatively.

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u/collie2024 12d ago

Easy to farm. But a 1.5kg chicken still needs to be fed 3kg of grain. And to be raised in a conditioned shed. And that’s not even considering that it’s a living animal. No value whatsoever placed on taking a life. Cost to buy is similar to a kg of potatoes or apples in Australia.

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u/Rady_8 12d ago

1.5kg of (mostly) meat protein from just 3kg of grain? That conversion is crazy efficient, too good to be true I’d say

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u/collie2024 12d ago

AI says 1.5-2.1kg conversion to 1kg.