Per capita flour consumption in 2019 slumps to 30-vear low

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WASHINGTON — Per capita flour consumption tumbled to a 30-year low in 2019 and sustained its steepest year-to-year drop since 2011, according to data published by the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture.At 130.7 lbs, per capita flour consumption last year was down 2.1 lbs, or 1.5%, from 132.8 lbs in 2018. The 2019 figure was the smallest since 129.1 lbs in 1989.From the recent high-water mark of 146.8 lbs in 1997, per capita consumption has dropped 16.1 lbs, or 11%. Per capita consumption remained 20.9 lbs, or 19%, higher than the recorded US low of 109.8 lbs set in 1972.