Band 6+: For the rest of the period, the figure for candidates grew and reached 40%, and that for the UK also increased to 28%. During the same period, in the US, that level continued to rise to reach 12%, whereas in the Netherlands, this rate stayed the same at 49%.

The line graph shows the values in Euros of 800 grams of four kinds of bread in one European country between 2001 and 2006.

Overall, it is readily apparent that the price of bread increased to varying degrees for almost all types of bread, with the exception of Wholegrain, which was the most popular in the beginning and remained relatively stable across the period. The prices for other kinds of bread started at the same price, and brown bread’s price reached the highest in the end, followed by white bread, whereas rye bread’s price was the lowest throughout.

In 2001, the price of 800 grams of Wholegrain was 0.8 euro, whereas the price of other types of bread was the same, at 0.6 euro. The price for Wholegrain increased dramatically and reached 1.8 euro in 2002, and declined to 1 euro in 2003, overtaking brown and white bread, which reached 1.6 and 1.1 euros respectively, whereas the rye price stayed the same at 0.6 euro in 2003.

For the rest of the period, the price of brown bread grew and reached its peak at 1.6 euro in 2005, followed by white bread at 1.3 euro, whereas the price of wholegrain recovered to its beginning price in 2005, and the price of rye bread increased by 0.1 euro compared to 2001