Dried and Condensed Milk (Consumption)

HC Deb 16 June 1955 vol 542 cc19-20W

58. Mr. de Freitas

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much reconstituted milk was consumed during the last 12 months, as revealed by his Food Consumption Survey.

Mr. Amory

During the calendar year 1954, which is the latest 12 months' period for which the information is available, the average household consumption of dried milk and condensed milk, according to the National Food Survey, amounted to the equivalent of about one-tenth and one-seventh of a pint, respectively, of liquid milk per person per week.