Weekly Food Ration for One Adult

Below is an example of a weekly food ration for one adult during the war

Food

Ounces

Grams

Butter

2

50

Tea

2

50

Bacon / ham

4

100

Cooking fat

4

100

 

Meat

1 shilling & 2 pence worth

Equivalent to £3.10 today (which was enough to buy poor quality meat for a week)

Milk

3 pints

Eggs

1

 

4 weekly Food ration for One Adult

Sweets

12 ounces

350 Grams

 

8 weekly Food ration for One Adult

Jam

16 ounces (1 lb)

450 Grams