SWEET-TOOTHED PEOPLES.
On an average every inhabitant of tha United Kingdom consumes about 3£©_ of sugar per day. This calculation is based on a Board of Trade report on the sugar production and consumption of the world issued recently. The inhabitants of Australia have by far th© sweetest tooth. In 1906 they consumed per head 129 3-51b. Americans were the next largest consumers with 89 5-61b per head, and the inhabitants of Great Britain came next with 81 l-slb per head. Germany only consumed 36_lb, and France 32 3-slb per head.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13098, 24 April 1908, Page 7
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