Chicken overtakes beef as Argentina’s most consumed meat

For the first time in history, chicken has displaced beef as the meat most consumed by Argentines. According to the most recent available comparative data between beef, chicken, and pork, annual chicken consumption between August 2025 and July 2026 was 47 kilos per person, while beef stood at 46.7 kilos per person. Pork consumption also rose, reaching a record 20.1 kilos per person. The change comes amid rising beef prices. According to a report by Juan Manuel Garzón and Franco Artusso of the Institute for Research on the Argentine and Latin American Reality (Ieral) at Fundación Mediterránea,…