FOOD NOTES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17236, 16 April 1930, Page 16

FOOD NOTES

BREAD AND BEEF BRITAIN'S STAPLE FOOD MORE SALADS AND FRUIT Whal rimages an* taking place J!( Die diet of the Ih'ilTh people.' No Goveniuji.-n! depart incut concerns itself directly with this question in England, but the results of inquiries among I hose host qualified In .judge the position are (given below: - Mr. C. M.. Kohan. I lie general secretory of the New Health Society:—••The A iiii-i'icans are eating less bread, but we have maintained the same level as 2<> years ago. The eon• sump! ion of wholemeal bread lias - gone up remarkably. “We eat The same qaantiry of meat p, i- head as gn years ago. which is aei-ounled for bv ’he higher standard of living obtaining in most workingclass housi'h-olds. The eiuisiimpfion is prnhaWv much more widespread, although the a mould per head has de-c-lined. Condensed Milk. ‘‘ riti'ii- has been a considerable increase in the consumption of green vegetables, salads, and fruit, especially of 'fruit. •‘Till.- cunsumpt ion of condensed iti'lk has been nearly doubled, and, while I here has been a decided m crease in the consumption of fresh milk here, three Tunes as 'much per In ail is .consumed in Die United States. This - ratio also applies to the consumption of-, cheese, although wo are now consuming Hb. more a lie-ad than before the war. ‘•ft is curious to note that less fish and poultry are consumed in this country, ami also less butter, but margarine has increased by 7Mb. per head.

“ It is significant that we. are much more dependent on imported food Hum before the war. The proportion of home produce to the total has fallen from 43.0 per cent,, before Die war to 39.9 per cent. Or, the other haml, this decrease is to some extent balanced by increased imports fmu Umpire sources. The proportion of the total supply from, such sources now exceeds fit) pci- cent'., compared with fiO per cent, in t.he pre-war period. ‘‘As in the 'United Stales. ,i good deal more is being .spent on food per head of population. In fact, it amounts to an increase of 82 per cent., or £8 before the. war and £M lls to-dav. ”