Australians love chicken twice as much as beef and pork, and six times more than lamb – in fact we eat more chicken than any other country in the Western World.
Butcher shops in Australia usually sell beef, chicken, lamb, and increasingly kangaroo, offal, and sometimes fish. However, the shop selling seafood and fish might also be next to the butcher.
Australian beef is popular
Australia produces both grassfed and grainfed beef, with strong demand for both around the world. Australia produces 4% of global beef production and accounts for about 16% of world trade.
1. Chicken parmigiana. This classic Aussie chicken dish – with roots in Italian-American cooking – is a staple offering at many pub menus in the country. Whether you call it a parmi/parmy or a parma (but never a parmo), there's huge debate about where does the best parmigiana in Australia.
Roast lamb has been declared Australia's national dish in a major poll that shows we're still a country of meat eaters at heart. The poll, held on News Ltd websites across all mainland capitals, attracted more than 24,000 votes. It revealed three clear front-runners – all of them meat-based.
Global Chicken Meat Production, Trade & Consumption
Australia is a relatively small producer of chicken meat in a global sense, and a small player in global trade in chicken meat. However, Australians rate as among the highest consumers of chicken meat on a per capita basis.
Australia continues to be one of the world's top meat-eating countries, with an annual consumption of 89.6kg per capita in 2019, up from 88.2kg per capita in 2000.
Australia is the largest producer of Grass-Fed beef on the planet and produces some of the world's best Grass-Fed and Grass-Finished beef, including flavor-packed Australian Grass-Fed Wagyu beef.
Famous for their cattle and farming, Australia has a long and storied tradition of cattle ranching, and is blessed with pristine pastures and one of the most unpolluted environments in the world. This allows them to deliver one of the highest quality beef in the world, especially their superb Australian Wagyu beef.
2/ Australian beef is packed full of flavour (and nutrition)
In Australia, around 97% of cattle is grass fed thanks to our plentiful grazing pastures. Many steak aficionados prefer the taste of grass-fed beef as it tends to be more flavoursome and has a classic “meaty” profile.
Chicken is the most popular meat in Australia and has overtaken all other types of meat consumption, including beef and veal, lamb and mutton and pig meat since 2004-05. Chicken meat is perceived to be a healthier option compared with many red meats, due to its relatively low fat-content.
The most consumed type of meat worldwide is poultry, followed by beef, and lastly pork. The countries with the highest meat consumption per capita are Argentina, Israel, and Iceland, while India has one of the lowest levels of meat consumption per capita.
While red meat has traditionally taken pride of place at the centre of the Aussie dinner table, we're now eating half as much lamb as in the 1980s and two-thirds the amount of beef, but nearly 2.5 times as much chicken and twice as much pork.
Approximately 706 million pork meals are produced in Australia each year. APL estimates that 10.2kg of this was consumed as fresh pork per Australian in 2021-22.
How much pork do Australians eat each year? Approximately 706 million pork meals are produced in Australia each year.
Most Australians eat chicken twice or more each week. The favourite part of the chicken for Australians overall is the breast, followed by the thigh, then leg and finally the wing.
Australians prefer American fast food chains
The most popular were McDonald's, with 32 percent of respondents saying that it was their favorite, and KFC with 23 percent of respondents.
The country that consumes the greatest amount of chicken is the United States. Every year, the United States consumes approximately 15,000 metric tons of chicken, placing it significantly in front of the second-place region.
The industry is being squeezed by high labor, packaging and fuel costs, with wheat and soymeal feed expected to remain elevated because of tight supply, Inghams Group Ltd.
The raw ingredients for Australian food products come from Australia itself, with its renowned clean, green and safe produce. Australia produces some of the world's best dairy, fruit, vegetable, grains, pulses, edible oils and honey in the world. 2. Australia is home to 60 percent of the world's organic farmland.
An ABC News article published in 2018 described lemon, lime, and bitters (LLB) as "Australia's national drink". Lemon, lime, and bitters is a mixed drink made with (clear) lemonade, lime cordial, and Angostura bitters. The lemonade is sometimes substituted with soda water or lemon squash.