1/4 of young children think bread 'comes from animals'

Some 25% of children aged between 5-8-years-old were found to believe bread came from animals, research from a health charity found.

According to the British Nutrition Foundation:

• Another 14% of 8-11 year olds surveyed think bread comes from animals.
• Over a quarter (26%) of 5-8 year olds and 22 percent of 8-11 year olds think that cheese comes from plants.
• Nearly a fifth of primary school children said that potatoes come from animals.

• Another quarter of primary school children, plus more than one in ten (13%) of 8-11 year olds, indicated that pasta comes from animals.
  
• One in every ten primary school children surveyed thinks that bacon comes from sheep, while 17% think that fish fingers come from chicken.