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consumption (100% more), see Table 1. When looking at more detailed product groups some
interesting differences become apparent. Although there is no difference in cereal products
as a group it can easily be seen that these households seem to bake more of their bread at
home (buy more flour but less bread). They also eat more groats and flakes, which is in
accordance with the higher consumption of yoghurt and other fermented dairy products
and prefer butter to the more processed margarine.

Product group Sweden average Järna survey 2004 i

total ii eco iii total eco eco-local iv

kg % v kg kg % kg %

Cereal products 103 1.6 103 81 78 58 56

Potatoes 54 3.3 23 22 96 9 38

Root crops 9 9.9 42 39 92 17 40

Vegetables, veg. products and legumes 58 2.0 98 64 66 29 30

Milk products 168 5.1 199 162 81 72 36

Meat ruminants
(beef and lamb)

12 7 5 70 4 49

Meat monogastrics vii
(pork and poultry)

0.8 vi

28 2 1 48 1 28

Other meat and mixed meat products 37 5 3 62 2 41

Egg 9 9.7 7 6 88 2 22

Fish and fish products 18 -- viii 5 0 3 0 0

Fat 13 2.7 15 6 42 0 0

Fruit, berries, nuts
and seeds

63 2.6 80 39 48 2 3

Total 'real food',
excl. sugar, candy, beverages etc.

572 2.2 584 428 73 194 33

i compensated for meals eaten outside home
ii Swedish average 2002 (Swedish Board of Agriculture, 2004)
iii certified KRAV, and/or Demeter
iv produced in Järna district and certified according to KRAV and/or Demeter
v % of expenditures per product group
vi % of all meat and meat products
vii In scenarios 2 and 3, the consumption of ruminant and monogastric meat was swapped in order to
fulfill crop rotation demands and a minimum of 40% clover/grass leys in agriculture. Ruminants, beef
cattle and sheep, are the only animals that can digest crops like grass and clover. Monogastric animals
like pigs and poultry are mainly fed with grain.
viii not possible to certify at that time
Table 1. The share of ecological and local food purchases, kg per capita and year, and % of
weight.

3.1.1 Household food expenditures
In Järna the investigated households spend more money on food than the average Swedish
household. The mean value for food expenditures per household was 5833
€/household/year in the monitored households, while the Swedish average household
expenditures was 3376 €, alcoholic beverages and restaurant meals not counted (Statistics