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Table 4 Proportion of domestic food products in the assortment of retailers

From: Food miles on the shelves: the share of local food products in the Hungarian retail sector

Product category

All retailers (%)

International retail companies (%)

Domestic retail companies

Difference between domestic and international retailers

Honey

97.18

95.98

100.00%

4.02%

Milk: fresh milk, ESL milk, UHT milk

95.61

94.86

97.35%

2.49%

Packaged fresh chicken meat

93.85

93.85

–

–

Eggs (chicken egg)

93.37

92.28

95.93%

3.65%

Dairy products 2: cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream

89.39

87.41

94.02%

6.61%

Meat products 3: Parizer (Bologna sausage), wiener and frankfurter sausages

83.49

78.51

95.11%

16.59%

Packaged fresh pork meat

81.84

81.84

–

–

Seasonal fruits, vegetables (apples, grapes, peach, apricot, nectarines, tomatoes, green peppers, carrots, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, garlic)

76.98

73.97

84.01%

10.04%

Canned food: cherry compote, sweet corn

73.96

67.99

87.88%

19.89%

Meat products 2: salamis, dry sausages

73.60

71.84

77.70%

5.85%

Dry pasta

64.53

56.02

84.40%

28.38%

Fruit jams

54.76

47.06

72.72%

25.66%

Dairy products 4: butter

50.76

41.06

73.40%

32.33%

Dairy products 3: cheeses (extra hard, hard, semi-hard and soft cheeses)

46.68

39.86

62.59%

22.73%

Meat products 1: hams

38.26

27.41

63.60%

36.19%

Dairy products 1: yoghurts (including fruit flavoured types)

19.41

18.75

20.94%

2.19%

Mean

70.85

66.79

79.26%

15.47%