...of shoppers would like to be able to recognise free-from foods more easily with improved packaging, says a poll by allergy magazine Foods Matter, with clear 'flashes' to identify wheat-free and dairy-free products wanted by 98%. Isn't the whole 'free-from' section in the supermarket enough of a clue...?

...the calorie intake of kids aged 3 to 16 in Scotland, from sugars added to food, table sugars and fruit juices, accor-ding to FSAS. With the government target at 10%, cakes, biscuits and confectionery are blamed.

Market research firm Technomic says that 57% of around 3,500 respondents to a survey "had never been to a bakery cafe restaurant" in the US. Staggeringly, 28% of those non-customers don't visit bakery cafés because they are "not familiar with what food items the concept offers". THEY DON"T KNOW WHAT A BAKERY OFFERS?!? And we thought our UK industry had it tough.

...the dollar growth in the world market for bakery snacks predicted for the period 2007 to 2010, with sales in the USA and Canada together expected to rise by US$5.3 billion, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts.

...the extra cost consumers pay for healthy foods such as wholemeal bread and brown rice compared with less healthy options; this has gone up from 18% in 1988, according to a survey published in Food Magazine

…the increase in value recorded by the vegetarian food market last year, partly due to clever marketers using the term “meat-free” on packaging rather than the stigmatised “vegetarian”, claims The Grocer. Sneaky.

...of all deaths every year are caused by poor diet, amounting to 69,400, according to a report commissioned by Gordon Brown from the Strategy Unit