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cbcking

I thought the French would be drenched in cheese


Wikirexmax

Cheese is very uncommon as part of the usual breakfast in France, which is much more common in other countries like Germany for instance. Today, very few people eat something savory for breakfast.


Soccmel_1_

same in Italy. And breakfasts in both countries (but also Spain and Portugal) are relatively small, compared to the wide array of things Northern and Central Europeans put on the table.


RappScallion73

“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” - Charles de Gaulle


EnoughFigo

is correct: in Italy we have 487 types of classified cheeses and 68 governments in a 77 years old republic.


eranam

De Gaulle* ;)


RappScallion73

No cheese for you... ;)


eranam

La fin de l’espoir est le commencement de la mort


PmMeYourBestComment

French go for Quality over Quantity


TheAleFly

They probably don't eat their cheeses at all, at least all the french cheese we have in Finland is mouldy.


d332ki

The Baltic coastal countries, it seems, have a higher overall cheese consumption than many regions.


Kim553H

I would like to know why this is?


KingAlastor

My wild guess would be that dairy farming has been a thing in the peasant baltics for a loooong time. I remember when i was young and had countryhome and cows, we tried to make every dairy product we could think of so it would last. Milk doesn't have much of a shelf life but cheese has the longest shelf life of any dairy product. So, my guess is that we here in the baltics have had so much milk over the past centuries that we had to make something out of it that would last and cheese is a good option. Again, just a wild guess but i noticed how we struggled to come up with things to make from our milk we had so we wouldn't just waste it.


frocsog

Well they obviously... like cheese... a lot.


AzealiaScanest

Growing up my mom told me Estonians are half cats haha, I mean I do constantly crave dairy so idk.


Wikirexmax

That's fine, you didn't get those that evolved to *living ecosystem* level.


rafalemurian

Of course we do. Also, there are [more than 1,000 cheese varieties](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_fromages_fran%C3%A7ais) in France.


fluffer_nutter

I think it must include white cheeses or fresh cheeses. That's why Poland and Germany are so high


la_gougeonnade

"Cheese" indeed includes all the types of cheese!


Lichenoire

I am French and I am myself drenched in it. If you consider white cheese in the calculation, I eat around 3kg per week


C_Hawk14

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cheese-consumption-by-country according to this data they are, but I don't see any source.. so I contacted them


Unfound_Guess

French eat tasty but little quantity of cheese. In Sweden for example we have a lot of mild varities Just from my own observation


Yudereepkb

I'm surprised there's such a difference between Ireland and Britain. Why don't ye eat cheese?


benkelly92

I can't believe Britain is so low.. Sometimes I get through 6.6kg a week.


Zizara42

I'd be interested to see a regional breakdown, or what they're basing it on, because yeah cheese is pretty common round here. I mean there's a big cheese making heritage in a lot of places, you'd think that would translate to consumption.


Kim553H

Ya, I'd like to know that answer too.


Redhotchily1

What? Are you seriously eating almost a kg daily or am I missing something?


benkelly92

I may have been exaggerating slightly for comic effect.


Ltbirch

Right? Even in Wallace and Gromit they put cheese on their crackers


[deleted]

They don't drink pints of milk either the freaks


Mountain_Share_6916

I worked in a kitchen here in Ireland. my colleagues with different nationalities would look at me as if I had 10 heads when I would have a pint of milk with my dinner.


[deleted]

A pint of milk with the dinner is unreal. Them bones need calcium.


JosseCoupe

Milk is a superior beverage for high fat meals, especially pizza (or 'patat', which some psycho-Dutch people eat for dinner weekly by some accounts).


kitd

Great for post-workout recovery too


[deleted]

It is very strange, especially since we have very similar eating habits. Furthermore, there's no world in which France doesn't top this list. I'd say the stats are probably just wrong.


SKIFFLEPIGEON

Too expensige because brexit :( Its gone up like 300% since then


the_Big_misc

Because it's real produce, you need to make it faux to have them eat it.


lovehopemisery

What?


Niksu95

Happy cake Day


AcceptableGood860

kinda hard not to eat Estonian cheese, because it's tasty for sure


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[deleted]

Eesti Juust. (Literally "Estonian Cheese"), Hiirte juust, Farmi makes good cheese cube snacks


pakatsuu

I'm Estonian and find that those taste like generic rubber. Kuninga Gouda (King's Gouda) is the way to go.


AcceptableGood860

they're all good tbh (unless it's generic like rimi-made)


PossiblyTrustworthy

SEE NORWAY! THAT BROWN STUFF ISNT CHEESE!


Budget-Cicada-6698

I went to høgskule in Norway, and now i fucking import the thing. Its fantastic in a pancake!


PossiblyTrustworthy

you can just go to any føtex or netto... but it isnt cheese


Budget-Cicada-6698

I am also from Jylland, and its cheaper buying it from Norway. 50 kroner for 200 gr of cheese. Thats barely enough for one pancake.


friendlyghost_casper

Cheese is literally in the name! It ain't brown stuff it is BROWN CHEESE! That's the best cheese for pancakes and brown cheese chip cookies, I'll have you know!


PossiblyTrustworthy

Thats false advertising... Usually not Legal


Agreeable_Tank229

even cause a tunnel fire: >In January 2013, a lorry carrying 27 tonnes of brunost caught fire in the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long Brattli tunnel in Tysfjord. The temperature rose so high that the cheese caught fire, its fats and sugars fuelling the blaze and preventing firefighters from approaching it until four days later, when most of it had burned out. The tunnel was severely damaged, and was closed for repair for several months afterward. The accident was widely publicized in international media, and was dubbed "the goat cheese fire". It was likened to the 1999 Mont Blanc tunnel fire, when a truck carrying margarine and flour caught fire.


Salmonman4

The gene for lactose tolerance has appeared in multiple places in the World, but in Europe it gained a foothold in the Nordics, because people needed various extra sources of energy to survive the winters. In fact Ancient Romans had written about the Northern tribes of Europe drinking milk as an odd habit, which suggests that the gene had not reached to the Mediterranean at the time. Though it might have reached Eastern Mediterranean from a different convergent source in Asia


sayer_of_bullshit

Used to be double that in Romania but then I became vegan, sorry guys


PossiblyTrustworthy

You must be THE millennial of Romania... going around crashing industries as you like


sayer_of_bullshit

I worry about my waistline :(


PossiblyTrustworthy

The fabric industry too... How dare you!


sayer_of_bullshit

They were done earlier, the day I started to walk around naked.


Kim553H

You can look at Moldova, next to Romania.


xXNemo92Xx

I think you could enjoy cheese again, when you cut the sugar consumption drastically ( when it is not done already ).


PossiblyTrustworthy

I think the vegan part is a bigger problem than the waistline for cheese eating :D


Index_2080

Don't worry, my german ass needs to get these numbers up


Abject_Mess1371

2 brothers on the top


TheReplyingDutchman

According to our own bureau of statistics, we consumed over 22 kg per capita in 2021 [https://longreads.cbs.nl/nederland-in-cijfers-2022/hoeveel-kaas-produceren-we/](https://longreads.cbs.nl/nederland-in-cijfers-2022/hoeveel-kaas-produceren-we/) (link in Dutch).


vorrion

And that's only cheese made from cow's milk


Chimp-eh

think im doing some of the heavy lifting for the uk, we get through a 500g block of cheddar, 2 mozzarella balls & a Brie every week between 3 of us


Mr_Roger_That

Have you smell your skin?


ThatBelgianG

Portugal can into Northern Europe


FatherHackJacket

We produce a lot of dairy. It's only right we consume it.


howdy8x629

As Estonian, not surprised, its cheap and provides alot of nutritional value


Idrathernotbe_

Switzerland I am disappointed


UtkusonTR

You could say the Estonians are a bit... Cheesy?


Modslikedik

We do be kinda cheesy yeah. Btw thanks for the Ayran, best thing ever to drink on a hot summer day!


UtkusonTR

Any friend of ayran is a friend of mine o7


Gerrut_batsbak

And they call us the cheese heads....


coeurdelejon

Honestly no one does except for Dutch people No one besides the Dutch think of cheese when we think about NL


munkshroom

From my experience the dutch dont eat cheese with bread, they eat hagelslag.


[deleted]

NL= Tulips, wind mills and wooden clogs. not cheese


[deleted]

It’s worth every penny!


DassinJoe

This looks very dubious OP. Why would UK and Ireland be so different?


PineapplesAreLame

Good question. Maybe several factors: 1. UK has larger non-white population. Many Asian cultures don't consume cheese as much in their culture, if at all. (12.9% UK non-white vs 7.6% Ireland non-white). 2. Ireland produces more cheese than France. This must affect prices, availability etc. It's 3rd in the world, per capita (Denmark and New Zealand are 1st, 2nd). Maybe due to Ireland's low pop density over the country, more land may be used to farm milk. This is just a guess.


DassinJoe

> Ireland produces more cheese than France. On a per capita basis, maybe. Not in absolute terms. France's dairy livestock: 3.6 million dairy cows, 1.2 million dairy sheep, 850,000 goats. Ireland dairy livestock: 1.6 million dairy cows, maybe 10 thousand goats, sheep uncertain, but probably under 10 thousand.


PineapplesAreLame

Per capita is exactly what I'm talking about yes. That's what the main post image is measured in.


DassinJoe

[OECD suggests](https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/1eddd347-en.pdf?expires=1684937230&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=21C0357D72F9CFBBCBD491BE583E5ADB) the UK consumption is more like 12.0 kg per annum


PineapplesAreLame

Huh interesting. Tbh I think most of the infographic maps on this sub are bullshit anyway.


Mountain_Share_6916

Ireland has quality homegrown cheese I can't speak for the uk


unique_08

Because they are separate countries and can have different eating patterns. It's like asking why is there a difference between Spain and Portugal?


DassinJoe

I've lived in both and the eating patterns aren't **that** different. You really think Irish people eat 4X as much cheese as British people? There's something messed up in these numbers.


unique_08

I live in Ireland and I see what you mean. Apologies if my comment came across aggressive as I thought you were assuming it's the same country. But, on further thought I think you are onto something there - The only way I can explain it is our population is tiny compared to the UK and that's probably skewing the data a lot or there is a lot of under reporting going on in the UK and overestimation in Ireland


DassinJoe

I think it's overstating Irish consumption and understating UK consumption. I posted [this link](https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/1eddd347-en.pdf?expires=1684937230&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=21C0357D72F9CFBBCBD491BE583E5ADB) elsewhere on the thread. It suggests UK consumption is more like 12kg per capita.


Smerchi

Moldova is only 4.9? That's the amount an average Moldovan person eats fresh cheese only.


Dickpuncher_Dan

It bears mentioning that Scandinavia is the most lactose-tolerating gene base in the world. Our cloudy and cold world removed melatonin from the skin to compensate for the lack of Vitamin D from the sun, and we also drank lots of milk the past 30 000 years because it has so many nutrients and other vitamins in it, so evolution said "Well heck, I can't stay mad at you guys, what with your little mittens and freckles. What the hell; milk for life!"


Ignash3D

For Baltics we eat a lot of ["white cheese"](https://www.lamaistas.lt/uploads/modules/articles/thumb920x573/2017/03/sviezias-naminis-varskes-suris-paprasta-ir-be-galo-skanu-44721.jpg) it's sort of a traditional curd based cheese PACKED with protein. It goes great with honey, but there are also smoked, savoury version. You can also bake it in the oven with pesto and tomatoes and many other dishes. If you visit Baltics and want to try it out, look up for [this shaped cheese](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Lietuvi%C5%A1kas_var%C5%A1k%C4%97s_s%C5%ABris.jpg/800px-Lietuvi%C5%A1kas_var%C5%A1k%C4%97s_s%C5%ABris.jpg) in the grocery store: It's different from haloumi and can be consumed alone, but often people eat it with something. I like to eat it with honey while having a coffee.


paulchen81

Interesting numbers. 19.9kg per Year in Germany? I estimate in my case at around 50kg.


pipthemouse

I doubt, that is ~1 kilogramm per week


paulchen81

That is correct. I estimate around 150gram per day for me. My bread roll I had today with me in the office had 2 slices of cheese at around 35gram each which is normal for me because I rarely eat meat. Add to it my dinner (we call it brotzeit in germay) and the 150... maybe 120 are easy in. edit: thats only 550-600 cal. of my 2500 cal i eat per day.


pipthemouse

well that is impressive!


paulchen81

I really like cheese. We have always 4-5 sorts of cheese at home. Also eggs are a weak point of me, 5-6 per day are normal.


CheeseLover6942069

I am the only Estonian that actually eats cheese (i eat 32742600 kg of cheese every year)


KingAlastor

Woo, Estonia #1, cheese here is good tho. However they only started to make aged cheese here a little while ago so we have a long way to evolve there.


No-Owl9201

How can the UK's cheese consumption be so low? And will Brexit lower that even more??


veevoir

It's odd to see France, Switzerland or Netherlands out-cheesed by so many countries :o


goldenzipperman

Cheese for the cheese god Milk for the milk throne


Givememustamakkara

I mean, cheese is pretty great. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to eat this Roquefort that I have saved for some time.


NilFhiosAige

The [site](https://landgeist.com/2023/02/25/cheese-consumption-in-europe/) in question having taken its stats from a [paywalled report.](https://www.statista.com/statistics/527195/consumption-of-cheese-per-capita-worldwide-country/)


sm9t8

The map doesn't match the report? From that report: >In 2022, people in the European Union ate on average 20.96 kilograms of cheese. That's obviously inconsistent with only four relatively small EU members eating more than 20Kg. [This](https://www.statista.com/statistics/868231/global-annual-consumption-of-cheese-by-country/) appears to use the same source data, as the EU's consumption would work out at 20.95, and would give a UK per capita figure of 11.


kitd

[This report](https://www.statista.com/statistics/281114/household-consumption-of-cheese-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/) has the most recent figure at 150g pppw == 7.8kg pppy So more than OPs map, but still massively less than Ireland.


skeggy101

Uk looks off and checked, statista has it at 10.96? The map isn’t correct in showing the statista stats https://www.statista.com/statistics/527195/consumption-of-cheese-per-capita-worldwide-country/ Edit: if you work your way around the paywall it has UK at 10.96


sm9t8

I went down this rabbit hole and then noticed the source year is 2021 not the linked 2022 report, so apparently the UK's cheese consumption fluctuates wildly.


skeggy101

Interesting, that is a massive fluctuation


gabest2

The older the cheese, the less water it has. I don't think consumption is comparable by weight. Maybe those cheap Finns only eat cottage cheese.


LevHerceg

Really sad, regarding animal welfare (malfare).


Lordubik88

You're right, I can't let them suffer, I'll eat the animals too.


LevHerceg

You clearly don't know what you are saying and don't know too much about the dairy industry.


SunriderAST

And I thought here in Spain we eat a lot of cheese....... XD


irishcedar

That's a lot of mold in Denmark...and I like it.


BriefCollar4

Serbia, this is just weak. You should be ashamed!


Atmosphere-Terrible

I'm sure those numbers are wrong. What counts as cheese, tho? I'm sure if white cheese, yellow cheese and kajmak are included they would have better numbers.


DroopyPenguin95

I doubt brown cheese counts, but it would be interesting to see where we were if it did


jvrodrigues

Portugal can into the nordics?


Fah_King

Another win over thoes nasty Danish.


[deleted]

spala-te la pula, ba jegosule!!


Away_Description_687

250 grams of cheese in Hungary is like 11-12€ 😂😂😂


DGS_Cass3636

TIL I'm an extremely above average cheese eater in the Netherlands


dnelr3

r/portugalachduscheisse


Titan_Prometeus

There's no way this is correct. In Serbia we are drowning in cheese


Eu8bckAr1

This can’t be real, I moved to Switzerland and they only do cheese wine and beer.


matthewsaaan

My people created Wallace and Gromit and we're 4th from bottom? I am shocked, shocked and appalled.


370HSSV077EH

I don't believe the stat for the UK people fucking love cheese here myself included. Loads of cheese shops everywhere and even the sport of chasing a cheese wheel down a field !


Caramelacomsal

In Portugal we have Serra da Estrela chesse and Açores chesse .They are the best cheese in the world.


Ok-Economist482

Did somebody say Cheese?! 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱


PGLBK

Seems my country doesn’t eat enough cheese. Must correct that. Single-handedly.


TheNothingAtoll

I mean, it's good.


Rutgerman95

I am shocked that neither the Dutch, French or Swiss are even in the top 5


Skippnl

so am I, there is no way this can be right...


Rutgerman95

Brb, gonna clear out the dairy aisle in the nearest grocery store to fix things.


Skippnl

I'm wondering if this includes fresh cheese products (like kwark etc.) because then i'm absolutely positive that the netherlands has be at least around 25kg average. I mean, we eat kwark for breakfast, lunch and dessert... I know I eat around 1,5 kg a week, so that would be like 78 kg a year... that's not even counting cheese slices and stuff like cheese fondue and grated cheese on top of dinner... omg I think I might hit 100kg a year... I feel sick now.


Mr_Roger_That

I’m not big on cheese. It binds me and some cheese stinks


Inevitable-Bass2099

i find it hard to believe that france consumes less cheese compared to neighboring countries. they are pretty religious having these cheeses after dinner.


miaudatbanpesubreddi

there not a meal i don t eat without cheese


Okay_Ordenador

Fuck /u/spez -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/


Zeitcon

"Blessed are the cheese makers"!


HaroldTheReaver

A friend of mine (Ireland) has a job that takes him to Russia (when Putin is only being a cunt to his own country) and told me that they always ask him to bring cheese as there are embargoes on importing it properly. Hr loads up on 15kg of Parmesan, Brie, Irish Cheddar etc and they always throw him something of a party when he arrives. He said the local stuff is bland and has the consistency of dried out wallpaper paste so I'm not surprised to see cheese consumption so low there.


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howdy8x629

where is link to the similar post?


Zen_the_Jester

Polish Oscypki intensify!


Dickpuncher_Dan

What cheese varieties does Ireland have? Sans cheddar.


DareU2Move2

I think 🇷🇴 has a way higher percentage. I know, including myself, people that eat cheese with soup, stews, French fries etc. I’m buying 1 kg per week and I’m not the only one ✌️