▷ Tomato consumption increases in Germany

Tomato consumption increases in Germany

Published: 01/19/2007 - Updated: 06/28/2016

The consumption of organic tomatoes in Germany increased by 28% in the first nine months of 2006 over the same period last year. The sale growth of tomatoes has been even stronger, in the same time grew by 70%, according to the Central Market and Price Information German (ZMP) in Bonn.

Information also shows the ZMP as the price of organic tomatoes in the period studied fell by 5%. In the case of one species of tomatoes, price decreased by 10% over the same period in 2005.

Tomato is the best-selling vegetable in Germany. In the organic sector tomatoes are the second most popular in Germany after the carrots. The consumption of organic tomatoes represents 2.9% of all tomatoes sold in Germany.

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Prof. Dr. Luis Ruiz-García

PhD in Agricultural Engineering. He is an expert in Medicinal Plants, Organic Agriculture, Urban Agriculture and Environment. Google Scholar. Linkedin.

2 Replies to “Tomato consumption increases in Germany”

Greg says:

9 de December de 2013 at 00:19

I figure out that the increase of the production and as well consumption of organic tomato to these days has improved a lot and maybe now there are many more farms dedicated to the production of this important vegetable especially for countries like Germany or others
Stacy says:

31 de October de 2015 at 04:22

That’s just crazy to me that such a large portion of the organic tomato crop goes to germany, and they’re not even considered to have a national/cultural cuisine that include tomatoes, unlike Italy. I would have expected that from Italy, not Germany though!

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