U.S. Food Consumption: Flour and cereal intake has increased 47% since 1970

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From 1970 to 1997 U.S. intake of flour and cereal products increased 47 percent per person, from 136 pounds to 200 pounds per person according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.                                                        

Flour and Cereal Products U.S. Consumption per person from 1970-1997
Year	Flour and Cereal Products	% Change since 1970
1970	136 lbs	NA
1980	145 lbs	+7%
1990	182 lbs	+34%
1997	200 lbs	+47%

REFERENCE

Putnam JJ, Allshouse JE. Food consumption, prices, and expenditures, 1970-97. Statistical Bulletin No. 965, 1999 April, Table 1. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/sb965/

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