The annual yield per cow in Israel last year was about 11,642 liters, ie about 32 liters a day on average. This emerges from a summary of data from the Dairy Council and the Ministry of Agriculture published ahead of Shavuot.
The number of cowsheds in Israel at the end of 2021 was 686, compared with 954 at the end of 2011 and 1,321 in 2000. Data from the Ministry of Agriculture also show that milk consumption in Israel per capita decreased by 19% between 2005 and 2020 – from 38.5 to 30.81 liters per person on average. Per year.
In contrast, in the years 2005-2020, there was a jump of about 300% in the consumption of milk substitute drinks based on soy, rice and oats – from 0.66 to 2.64 liters on average per person per year.
According to data from the Research, Economy and Strategy Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, in 2020 24.5 million liters of milk substitute drinks were consumed in Israel, ie about 8% of the total consumption of drinking milk, milk drinks and substitutes – an increase of about 40% in retail sales of milk substitute drinks In Israel in just one year.
The central region led in the consumption of milk substitutes, with Tel Aviv and Gush Dan leading the way – about 5.44 liters per capita (twice the national average) compared to only 1.9 liters per capita in the southern region and only 1.2 liters per capita in the northern region without Haifa.
Meanwhile, the director of the nutrition and diet unit of Clalit Health Services in the Dan-Petah Tikva district, Mariana Oberech, noted that Shavuot – the holiday of cheeses and dairy products – is rich in calcium but also in calories. 30% fat cream cheeses contain about 300 calories per 100 grams, and a 100-gram yellow cheese pack has about 330 calories.
A 25 gram slice of yellow cheese has about 81 calories, which is equivalent to an average portion of milk. A slice of 9% fat cheesecake with whipped cream and sweet cream has about 400-500 calories, and a blinch unit with a cheese filling has about 200-250 on average (depending on the type of filling).
However, the amount of calories in dairy products with lower fat percentages is reduced, and these contain higher amounts of calcium. A slice of 5% fat cheesecake has about 200 calories.
Weeks in numbers
- A cow in Israel produces about 11,642 liters of milk a year
- In Tel Aviv and Gush Dan, milk is consumed twice as much as the national average
- In the last 15 years, there has been a jump of about 300% in the consumption of milk substitutes