Industry Insiders: Consumption Estimates and Foodie Culture

industry insiders: While more familiar meats like beef and pork account for up to 90 per cent of sales at Sanagan Meat Locker, the remainder comes from people seeking so-called exotic meats like wild boar, according to Metro News. Game birds are popular, too."When in season, we'll have things ... like pheasants and partridges and squabs, wild turkey," Sanagan says. He divvies it up into chops and other cuts, selling it to adventurous eaters who wander into the Kensington Market store. Though exotic meat consumption is not well tracked, demand for it appears to be rising and some industry insiders and watchers say that likely to continue as foodie culture grows. The firm doesn't have consumption estimates for meats like ostrich, zebra or bison. In Canada, consumption of less traditional meats like horse, venison, camel, rabbit and game grew an average of 10.6 per cent a year between 2010 and 2015, according to estimates from market research firm Euromonitor numbers exclude some meats many would consider exotic, like buffalo and guinea fowl, which fall under different categories it tracks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.