Sale of the cuts declined clearly from a year ago

Meatfoot and the sale of cold cuts clearly fell during the early part of the year, reported General On Wednesday, after finding out the issue of meat buildings from Atria and Snellman and S and K store chains.

According to YLE, for example, sales of all K-food stores fell by 7 % in December 2024 and January 2025 compared to the same time a year earlier.

At the same time, sales of fruits and vegetables increased by 8 % in K-stores.

The decline in the sale of cold cuts in recent months has also been reported Mtv and News Finn.

Eastern Finland Professor of Nutrition Therapy and Member of the Nutrition Advisory Board Ursula Schwab sees that the lowering of a mowing sales may be the backdrop of new nutrition recommendationsreleased in November last year.

« I was wondering what else would explain it, » Schwab says.

In new recommendations, processed meat, such as bread cuts on the bread, was recommended to eat as little as possible. Towards the end of the year, the recommendation sparked a lot of discussion, which was even called a « cutter » in the media.

The recommended cutting recommendation is evidence of a strong link between meat products to an increased risk of thick and rectal cancer.

The risk of cancer is due, among other things, to nitroso compounds formed in the manufacture of meat products. The cuts and sausages also have salt and hard fat.

According to News Finns, sales in the K-Group stores in K-Group stores, which replaces vegetables such as cucumber, tomato and peppers, increased by 10 per cent compared to the previous year.

According to the new recommendation, at least 500-800 grams of vegetables, root vegetables, fruits and berries should be eaten a day. Previously, the recommendation was at least 500 grams per day.

Schwab I can't say if the decline in the sale of cold cuts can be a more permanent change.

“These trends come and go. Of course, it would be desirable for this to be more permanent and people would look more closely at what they eat. ”

Schwab, who does a lot of practical patient work, does not see the cutting debate caused by new nutrition recommendations as a great enlightenment, but rather as a reminder or awakening, for example, of vegetables.

Schwab It reminds us that diet is a whole and it is not essential to focus on any single food.

If you still want to use the cuts, according to Schwab, it is worth noting that the bread is whole grain, the bread fat is to meet the heart mark criteria and it is good to put vegetables on top of the bread.

“It's important to think of the whole. No single food is destroyed or saved our diet. ”

If The cutting is replaced by a meatless cut, and you should choose a heartbroken product where both hard fat and salt shares are small enough.

According to Schwab and not automatically good.

The same criteria, the low amount of salt and hard fat, should also be kept in mind when choosing cheese. There are also cheeses with rapeseed oil -based or soft fat on the market.

According to current nutrition recommendations, fatty and low -fat dairy products should be eaten by 3.50-5 decilitres per day. This includes cheeses. According to the recommendations, one slice of cheese corresponds to about one decilitra of dairy products.

It is good to remember moderation for cheese.

« You shouldn't use that cheese on a slice, » Schwab says.