HC Deb 15 February 1951 vol 484 cc106-7W
Lieut.-Commander Braithwaite

asked the Minister of Food the tonnage sugar allocations to individual industries for 1951, together with the percentages of datum usage compared with 1950.

ANALYSIS OF ALLOCATIONS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1951
Sugar as refined Percentage of Datum
For production of Thousand tons 1951 1950
Preserves … … 194.0 (*) (*)
Chocolate and sugar confectionery … … 183.5 62½ (†) 57½–60
Cake and flour confectionery … … 118.9 56½ 55
Syrup and treacle … … 80.0 (*) (*)
Biscuits … … 52.6 (*) (*)
Brewing … … 45.9 64 64
Condensed milk … … 32.5 (*) (*)
Soft drinks (liquid) … … 30.2 59 59
Canning … … 15.1 (*) (*)
Bakers' prepared materials … … 13.4 65 65–70
Medicinal preparations … … 11.8 80–135 80–135
Table jellies … … 11.7 55 50
Ice cream … … 10.4 57½ 57½
Coffee essence … … 7.6 (*) (*)
Candied peel … … 5.3 60 60
Cider … … 4.2 75 67½
Breakfast cereals … … 3.8 (*) (*)
Pickles and sauces … … 3.5 (*) (*)
Lemonade powders, etc. … … 3.4 59 45
British wines … … 3.2 55 50
Cake and flour mixtures … … 3.0 66 62
Medicated sugar confectionery … … 2.0 62½ 60
Miscellaneous … … 27.3 — —
(*) Not allocated as a percentage of pre-war usage.
(†) Calculated on new basis. On the old basis the percentage is 60.