REGULAR CONSUMPTION

Largest chunk of food spend in West Bengal on processed items: Survey

​While the range of processed food and beverage consumption in Bengal was between 21% and 25%, the national average on these categories is 9.6%. The next highest spend in Bengal is on fish and meat - 18.9% - in both rural and urban Bengal. Only Kerala has a higher household consumption of fish and meat. The next category is vegetables (10.8% in urban areas and 12.6% in rural expenditure).