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Food statistics pocketbook

The annual Food Statistics Pocketbook provides a round-up of statistics on food covering the economic, social and environmental aspects of the food we eat (excluding agriculture).  It contains chapters on:

  • Food Chain (beyond agriculture)
  • Prices and Expenditure
  • Global and UK Supply
  • Environment
  • Waste
  • Dietary Health
  • Safety and Confidence

Publications

2012 Food Statistics Pocketbook, revised on 4 January 2013.  Chart 2.4 (UK retail price changes by food group, 2007 to 2012) amended due to a calculation error. Bullet points 1 to 4 amended accordingly.

2011 Food Statistics Pocketbook, in year update published on 2 April 2012

2010 Food Statistics Pocketbook

2009 Food Statistics Pocketbook

2008 Food Statistics Pocketbook

Sources

Data comes from previously published Government surveys run by the ONS and Defra and a wide range of other sources including Government agencies and commercial organisations. More information about data sources is available here.

The publication carries the National Statistics logo but is a combination of National Statistics and other statistics. Those which are National Statistics are identified as being so.  Data quality varies among the many data sources and where possible an indication is included in bullet points.

Main uses of the data

Researchers put this data to a wide range of uses spanning from informing decisions on the general public’s choices through to local food policy making. Its often used for statistics on the food industry, on food prices, on balance of diet, international comparisons, food production to supply ratio, Greenhouse gas emissions, food waste.

Enquiries or feedback: We welcome your feedback on any of our publications, please send us your comments using either the feedback form or you can email us at: familyfood@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Related Publications

Family Food is the source of detailed statistical information on purchased quantities, expenditure and nutrient intakes derived from both household and eating out food and drink.

For further information, please contact:

Jim Holding
Tel: 01904 455069
E-mail: jim.holding@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Think before you print – do you really need a paper copy?  Due to the nature of the publication if you do need to print we advise printing to A5 (2 pages to a sheet A4) double sided.

Downloads

4 January 2013

2 April 2012

29 September 2011

4 August 2011

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