Fish sales, Malnutrition, Bread…

A round-up of the latest statistics and figures for this week

Fish sales in the UK market reached a massive £3.25 billion last year, according to the Fish & Fish Products Market Report.

In 2006, there were around 1,300 retail fishmongers in the UK, however around 89% of the value of fish sales was accounted for by supermarkets.

The Red Tractor logo now appears on £7.5 million worth of UK food, available though all major high-street retailers.

The average age of The Orchid Group's landlords is just 38 years-old, according to new research.The youngest landlord is just 21 years old, and the oldest being 63 years-old.

Malnutrition affects one in every three adults admitted to hospitals and care homes, according to a new survey by a nutrition charity.

Calcium from dairy is better absorbed than any other source of calcium and a 200ml glass of 1% milk can provide an adult with over 1/3 of his or her daily calcium requirement.

Over 80% of consumers said that 'free-from' foods had too much salt and too much sugar, according to a recent survey in Foods Matter, the food allergy and intolerance magazine.

Two million Londoners are set to buy £4.5 million worth of environmentally sustainable products next month to celebrate UK Aware, an organisation behind the London Aware 08 weekend.

The survey found only around one in five hotels serve croissants and Danish pastries. The larger chains and three to five star hotels were most likely to have continental pastries on the breakfast menu but the one to two stars have been sticking to the traditional British offering.

Only 15% of hotels offer crusty rolls – but these tend to be the high end outlets. There will always be a place for soft rolls but the issue is that while a soft roll may be a few pence cheaper the caterer can charge more for a well made sandwich that uses artisan looking bread.

Predominantly caterers still buy round buns and the bulk of all production is round baps and buns – driven mainly by fast food outlets. Currently only 5% of the market is for long, or long and thin buns.

On premises 'buy and eat' has risen from 57.4% to 58.8 % while traffic at Chinese, Indian and fish and chip takeaways declined 1%, which may sound a small percentage but equates to 12 million less servings 2006-07.

Teens and 50+ are the groups driving the foodservice traffic. These groups saw a 3% increase in foodservice purchase in 2006-07 – from 52.9% to 55.6% in a market worth £23.15bn. Just as significant is the fact that women now account for well over half of foodservice sales (almost 56%)