The Consumer Price Index for baked foods and cereal merchandise rose 0.Three% in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The index for all food at domestic also rose, growing at 0.6%.
Of the 18 gadgets followed by means of Milling & Baking News, nine posted month-over-month gains and 9 finished decrease.
The January index for Cereals and Bakery Products earlier than seasonal adjustment was 275.1% of 1982-84 common, up 1% from a year in the past. For all food at home, the January index became 241. Four, up zero.7% from January 2018.
The C.P.I. For cereals and cereal products in January was 225.5, down zero.1% from December and down 0.4% from January 2018. The index for products inside this category included: flour and prepared mixes, 236.9, up 4.Five% from December but down 0.Eight% from the preceding year; breakfast cereal, 219.6, down 1.1% from the preceding month and down 1.3% from a yr ago; and rice, pasta and corn meal, 234.9, down 0.Three% from December but up 0.9% from January 2018.
The price index for bakery products in January turned into 303.7, up to zero.Four% from December and up 1.7% from January 2018.
The January index for bread was 182.5, down zero.2% from December but up 2.Nine% from January 2018. Under this heading, the C.P.I. For white bread became 331.4, down 0.Three% from December but up 3.7% from January 2018. For bread apart from white, the index turned into 355.1, down 0.1% from December but up 2.Eight% from a 12 months ago.
The rate index for clean biscuits, rolls, and desserts in January changed into 182. Eight, up to zero.Eight% from December and up 2.Five% from January 2018. The January index for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies turned into 289.6, down 1% from December but up 0.Three% from January 2018. Under this phase, other fee indexes protected clean cakes and cupcakes, 313.6, down 1.6% from December but up 2.3% from January 2018; and cookies, 270.6, down zero.5% from the preceding month and down 1.1% from the previous year.
The C.P.I. For other bakery products in January was 268.4, up 2% from December and up 1.3% from January 2018. Under this heading, other rate indexes in January blanketed: fresh candy rolls, espresso desserts and donuts, 305.6, up zero.6% from December and up three.5% from January 2018; crackers and cracker products, 305.5, up 2.Eight% from December and up 1.3% from January 2018; and frozen and refrigerated bakery merchandise, pies, truffles and turnovers, 269. Five, up 1.Four% from December but down 0.3% from the previous year.
