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Chicken
is the UK's favourite meat with a 38% share of
retail primary meat market and this is increasing
by between 2% and 3% per annum. |
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We
eat 27 million eggs a day - worth almost £690
million. Britons eat an average of 170 a year
each. |
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Around
76% of eggs are bought from cage systems, 18%
from free range and 6% from barn. The nutrient
content of eggs is not affected by the type of
production. |
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Eggs
are graded by weight into four sizes. Very Large
(73g and over), Large (63-73g), Medium (53-63g)
and Small (53g and under). Farmers can sell ungraded
eggs direct to the customer at the farm, from
a market stall or by door-to-door selling. |
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Christmas
turkey sales represent nearly 40% of the 36 million
turkeys produced in the UK each year. The UK buys
around 10 million Christmas turkeys each year,
of which 1.5 million are purchased from local
butchers and farmers as Traditional Farm Fresh. |
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The
NFU tries to encourage consumers to Buy British
when buying fresh poultry, poultry products and
eggs. |
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