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Food chain analysis

Information about the UK food chain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 25 July 2013
• Last updated: 19 June 2025
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  1. 19 June 2025

     Updated page so as to advise on a replacement, more bespoke, collection page.

  2. 25 July 2024

     Added the 'Total Factor Productivity of the United Kingdom Food Chain 2022 – final release' statistical notice and updated the 'Historic statistics notices on food chain productivity' page.

  3. 27 July 2023

     Added link to the food chain productivity, statistical notice and dataset, 2021 figures.

  4. 21 March 2016

     Added link to British Food and Farming at a glance page.

  5. 29 January 2015

     Updated with 2013 food chain productivity and historic data.

  6. 25 July 2013

     First published.

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Total Factor Productivity of the Food Chain collection

This series looks at research into various aspects of the food chain including:

• attitudes and behaviour around sustainable food purchasing
• estimating food and drink elasticities
• links between food and drink waste and purchases

Documents

• British Food and Farming at a glance
  • 8 April 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Food and drink elasticities
  • 8 February 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Attitudes and behaviours around sustainable food purchasing
  • 6 April 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Household food and drink waste and purchases
  • 27 July 2010
  • Research and analysis