Written question asked by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 January 2015. It was answered by Lord De Mauley (Conservative) on Friday, 2 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Flour

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total annual cost of the fortification of flour; and whether this cost is shared with the devolved administrations.

Answer

The cost of fortifying flour is borne by the milling industry rather than by central government departments or devolved administrations. It is estimated that, in 2013, UK production of those types of flour which the law requires to be fortified with iron, calcium, thiamine and niacin was approximately 3.5 million tonnes, and the cost to the industry of purchasing the four mandatory fortificants for that tonnage of flour would have been £2.5 million.

Nutrient	£ Cost (per tonne of flour)
Calcium	0.41p
Vitamin Premix (Thiamin + Niacin + Iron)	0.30p
Total Cost	0.71p

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL3792
Session: 2014-15
Subjects: Additives Expenditure Flour
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Flour

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