Bakers stand firm against low-carb and salt campaigns
By: Kate Barker | 13 December 2005
The low-carb diet craze was bad news for bakers. The attack on salt twisted the knife a little further. Yet Kate Barker reports on an upbeat industry determined to keep consumers eating their daily bread.
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The low-carb diet craze was bad news for bakers. The attack on salt twisted the knife a little further. Yet Kate Barker reports on an upbeat industry determined to keep consumers eating their daily bread.

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