Bangladeshis eat least meat per capita on earth

[That Guy]

What are some of the factors, I'd imagine it may have more to do with economics, rather than social.

 

[Nilgiri]

Wouldn't India make the distinction between buffalo meat and beef pretty clear though?

Well beef (from female cow) is officially only allowed (slaughter, processing) in few places....Kerala, W. Bengal and North Eastern states.

Bulls (normally draft oxen i.e bullock) are allowed in more states with the certificate.

Both are these are the pure definition of beef in any country.

Buffalo is fit for slaughter in almost every state in comparison...and normally layman "beef" in most of India means buffalo.

So yeah maybe this is just the cattle-beef part of it (official state aggregate or official + unofficial).

No idea how the statistics are kept within India....and how that correlates to the OECD estimates of "beef".

The "beef" that India exports officially is also all buffalo meat (and has to fit certain regulations of processing).

Though there's understandable skepticism in these estimates, it's best to take them seriously for the sake of development.

Well we can all agree the consumption of quality protein needs to be improved in the region....rather than arguing who is a few grams ahead per person in some particular category of it. How to do that most sustainably is the multi-billion dollar question. From the diet diversity and protein quality of BD according to FAO/FSI, it has to improve more than others....but the problem is an omnipresent one for the whole region for sure.

I for one know that in Tamil Nadu, eggs are very popular protein for all classes, and increasingly the poor now....to supplement the base intake of lentils and coastal seafood. Has that been looked into in BD?

 

[surya kiran]

Fish is considered vegetarian by my bong friends and they are hard core 'vegetarians'...so........

 

[Mage]

And why are you keeping halal, when you are doing other naughty haram stuff?

Shh.....

That's more to do with the environment I grew up than religion. Pig is used as an insulting word and pigs are considered dirty and the meat is considered unclean. I think this applies for every Muslim country. So growing up in such an environment you automatically start disliking pork without even tasting it.


Other naughty haraam stuff are haraam but people don't talk about them. Actually when you start growing up you begin to understand that these things are "ektu haraam kintu onek araam" a bit haraam but too comforting.

 

[Fledgingwings]

It is because fish is more available in BD comparing to meat. But, know also that BD per capita fish intake is about 10% of Japanese consumption. Japan is surrounded by sea and catch huge amount of fish. BD people away from the sea do not like sea fish. This is another reason for low consumption. Anyway, total protein consumption is very low in BD.

Exactly

 

[prashantazazel]

This report is unbelievable to me. Because it shows Indians per capita consuming more meat than Bangladeshis.

Indians are majority vegetarians or vegans......this is a BS report in my opinion.

Her credibility went out the window with that single statistic.

Bangladeshis are humongous meat eaters. But they are also voracious fish eaters as well.......

India has about 30-35 % vegetarians.
But the rest consume meat quite infrequently.

 

[Al-zakir]

Thanks to Allah I do not reside in BD.

I love meat

 

[fallstuff]

Given a choice I would pick fish over beef any day. If I go to a decent restaurant I would order salmon, sea bass, or Tuna over steak almost every time.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I used to eat the least amount of meat in my family. Peeps started callin me hindu lol (once somehow i swallowed animal hair, food wasnt cooked very well by the cook,till i had some BBQd lamb chops prepared by an uncle).

Given a choice I would pick fish over beef any day. If I go to a decent restaurant I would order salmon, sea bass, or Tuna over steak almost every time.

Id have fish tike and some well cooked beef, with some chutni and naan, along with some bbq and cheese naans.

The smell that you are complaining about, significantly reduces,only if you know how to cook them properly, rather the small of a Ram is intolerable.

Add yoghurt and the smell goes away.

A well cooked/roasted mutton is delicious AF.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

This report is unbelievable to me. Because it shows Indians per capita consuming more meat than Bangladeshis.

Indians are majority vegetarians or vegans......this is a BS report in my opinion.

Her credibility went out the window with that single statistic.

Bangladeshis are humongous meat eaters. But they are also voracious fish eaters as well.......

This report is so not true. I have been to Bangladesh and you will find meat items everywhere starting from small roadside dhabas to hotels. Everywhere you will find poultry and beef/mutton butcheries, in every nook and corner. Also surprisingly, Pork meat is sold in Bangladesh and you will find pork shops in Farmgate and other parts of Bangladesh, however only Christians and Buddhists only sell pork.

 

[TopCat]

This report is so not true. I have been to Bangladesh and you will find meat items everywhere starting from small roadside dhabas to hotels. Everywhere you will find poultry and beef/mutton butcheries, in every nook and corner. Also surprisingly, Pork meat is sold in Bangladesh and you will find pork shops in Farmgate and other parts of Bangladesh, however only Christians and Buddhists only sell pork.

People usually don't dine out. At home they eat fish and occassionally meat.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

People usually don't dine out. At home they eat fish and occassionally meat.

I think Bangladeshis are not that much poor for which they can't eat meat more frequently. I think Bengali culture favours fish over meat. Whereas the Pakistani, middle eastern, arab, american and western diet prioritizes meat consumption. Indian and Bangladeshi cusine is the same.

People usually don't dine out. At home they eat fish and occassionally meat.

Also to have a higher Bone mass index, one must eat enough protein, doesn't matter if the protein source is from meat or vegetables. However vegans dont get enough protein because they dont eat the correct vegetable which contains a large protein content. Also most vegetarian based protein source are very expensive. For example Cheese and Greek yogurt which are very expensive.

 

[Black_cats]

Bangladesh is sacrificing 12 million animal this year where 5 million is cow and rest is got. Just converting that to meat consumption you will find at least 500 million kg beef considering 100 kg weight per cow which is at the lower end and 140 million kg goat meat considering 20 kg weight for goat. If we have 100 million adult consume meat, this figure itself brings meat consumption to 6.4 kg per adult just during the eid. Whole year Bangladeshis continue to consume meat. So it can be easily said meat consumption is at least 10-15 kg per person.

Bangladesh has sufficient cattle for Eid, Indian cows not needed: Livestock dept

• Obaidur Masum, bdnews24.com
  Published: 2017-08-12 03:47:59 BdST
  
  https://www.bdnews24.com/en/detail/business/1378003?

Bangladesh has enough cows, buffaloes and goats to meet the demand for sacrificial animals during the Eid-ul-Azha, the Department of Livestock Services says.

According to the department, Muslims in Bangladesh slaughtered 10.5 million cattle during the Eid last year while the number of cattle ready to be slaughtered this Eid is over 11.5 million, including around 44.6 million cows.

The estimate given here is much higher

 

[Homo Sapiens]

A country which slaughter 11.5 million cattle just in the Eid-ul-Azha day, then how come it has only 4 kg meat(beef+mutton+poultry) consumption per person per year? There is something seriously wrong with this statistics.

 

[Imran Khan]

i am tires alone this week i have eaten more then 2kg red meat twice chicken and two fishes may be 2 kg . it was only yesterday i eat vegetables aloo palak . life sucks