The performance of the pasta category in these harsh economic times once again shows how grain-based foods have the qualities consumers desire.

Like the experiences of other countries where the public has sway, a shift to conservative, or less liberal, forms has been felt along the entire food chain.

Food use of grains, expected to total 628.8 million tonnes, continues to account for a trifle more than a third of global demand for wheat and coarse grains combined.

Thus far at least, upward moves in prices for food have not caught the same attention of American politicians as have prices of gasoline and some other products.

There’s no question but that the G20 agricultural agenda deserves more than cursory attention.

The United Kingdom’s annual sandwich market is currently estimated at $10 billion, a sixfold increase from 1990.

The global food situation has as much to do with population size as any other factor, indicating how food has become an important determinant of its own demand.

Indexes like the new GOI become marketing forces, whether so intended or not, and that is definitely not the goal of the I.G.C.

Observing its actions over the years seems to indicate that many of P.&G.’s undertakings in food were half-hearted at best and were never of a dimension intended to make food a main line.

It is the rare marketing campaign for bread that deserves credit for having an enduring impact on generations of consumers.