This study aims to investigate protein consumption market trends in Korea. Protein consumption was divided according to the protein source into meat, fishery, and plant-based protein. To accomplish the goal of this study, food purchase data from 525 households panels collected by the Rural Development Administration over the last 10 years were used. The results of the study showed an increase or decrease in protein consumption by protein type over the last 10 years, and a reason to explain this change has been suggested. Specifically, this study found a dramatic increase in the consumption of several proteins, including beef sirloin, beef tenderloin, seasoned beef & steak, pork belly, pork shoulder, pork neck, seasoned pork, pork cutlet, sweet and sour pork, canned ham, chicken drumstick, chicken breast, dak gangjeong, Chinese fried chili chicken, salmon, eel, abalone, squid, octopus, webfoot octopus, octopus minor, canned whelk, tofu, cold bean soup,and plant-based milk. Some items showed no increase in consumption (such as beef jerky, pork rib, sausage, bacon, whole raw chicken, cutlass fish, oyster, fish cake, crab stick, surimi sausage,and canned fishery), whereas a few items showed decreased consumption (e.g., mackerel, pollack, cod,and canned tuna)

갈색양송이는 백색양송이보다 병에 강하고 재배관리가 쉬워 농가에서 재배를 하고 싶지만, 아직 국내 소비자들의 인식이 부족하여 일부 친환경 농가에서만 재배를 하고 있는 실정이다. 이에 갈색양송이에 대한 1분정도의 동영상으로 사전 정보를 준 후 인지도와 선호도를 SNS로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 설문 응답자의 200명을 임의로 선정하여 식미평가를 진행하였다. 설문 응답자의 83%가 갈색양송이를 접한 적이 없다고 했으며, 동영상으로 정보를 접한 후 98%가 ‘맛에 대한 호기심’(44%)의 이유로 구매 의사를 밝혔다. 식미평가에서는 갈색양송이가 32%가 ‘맛있다’, 31%가 ‘식감이 좋다’, 28%가 ‘향이 좋다’로 응답 하였다. 또한 섭취 후에 95%가 갈색 양송이 구매를 원하는 것으로 확인되었다. 이 결과로 갈색양송이에 대한 대중적 인식, 선호, 식미와 버섯에 영양성분과 기능성에 대한 정보가 소비로 이루어 진다는 것을 확인하였다.

The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in Korean meat consumption as well as meat consumption trends. During the Japanese occupation period, the supply of meat was considerably insufficient. However, meat consumption mainly in large cities has gradually increased. Especially, 'Pyeongyang cow', a specialty of Pyeongyang, started being raised as edible beef cattle in 1933. During the chaotic period following liberation from Japan, the price of meat sharply increased. However, as the meat supply stabilized, the 'beef grade system' was introduced in 1967. Since then, beef has sold according to region. During the early economic growth period of the mid-1970s, meat consumption rapidly increased, and foreign beef was first imported in 1976. The preference for beef was somewhat attenuated due to the outbreak of mad cow disease and economic slowdown of the 1990s, resulting in an increase in the consumption of pork, a replacement meat. During the recent period of economic development, meat consumption has somewhat fallen and remained low. In late 2003, with the occurrence of mad cow disease in the US, the demand for pork, and especially pork fatback, has sharply increased.