ABSTRACT
The modern pig belongs to the order Artiodactyla , family Suidae and gender Sus , which includes the domestic pig and the European wild boar. Pig has always played a vital role in food for humanity, providing meat for survival, but it is also an animal that has had, and it still has, a fundamental role in socio-cultural and religious traditions. An important factor that makes it so adaptable is that it is omnivorous, able to eat both forage-based and cereal grain-based feed. A recent survey has shown different consumption levels and typology of products bought by pork consumers in the European Union (EU), taking into account factors such as social position, sex or location, observing that most of the pork consumers are families with high or medium-high incomes. There is a correlation between production and pork consumption, and the biggest producers are also the biggest consumers.
