Bacon and sausage prices soar as Chinese demand bites
Bacon and sausage prices in the UK have surged by up to 20% in a year primarily due to higher pork costs and stronger pig demand from China. This has resulted in some firms reducing the size but not the price of their products, according to food industry commentators.
Prices have shot up by as much as 20 per cent in a year and has led some firms to reduce the size of products but not the cost

SAUSAGE and bacon prices have shot up by as much as 20 per cent in a year, food industry experts say.

Rising pork costs have been blamed for the hike — while some firms have reduced the size of products but not the price.

2 Sausage prices have believed to have increased by as much as 20 per cent in a year Credit: Getty Images

2 It's not just sausages that have had a price hike, it's bacon too Credit: Getty Images

Analysts Brand View found the price of a 12- pack of Richmond thin pork sausages is up ten per cent to an average £1.71.

And a pack of eight Wall’s skinless pork sausages is up 20 per cent to an average £1.40.

A 300g pack of supermarket own-label smoked streaky bacon is up 12 per cent to a typical £2.22.

Trade magazine The Grocer said pig demand from China had hit the market.

It said: “Prices for bangers, bacon and fresh pork are surging.”