Britons eat more fruit and vegetables

10 November 1998

Britons eat more fruit and vegetables

BRITONS ate 4% more fruit last year than in 1996, and nearly a quarter more than 10 years ago.

The increase in fruit and vegetable consumption – also up 4% – was reported yesterday in the National Food Survey, by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

• Financial Times 10/11/98 page 12 (News Digest)