Pasta in Argentina - New Market Report
2012 confirmed the break in the consumption of pasta after the slowdown that started in 2011. According to industry sources, the stabilisation in the price of meat negatively impacted the demand for pasta as a food substitute. While in 2011 the annual per capita consumption of meat was 56.6kg, in 2012 it increased to 59.3kg according to Instituto de Promocion de la Carne Vacuna Argentina (Institute for the Promotion of Beef). Consequently, pasta consumption varied from 14% in retail volume...
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