Low-fat milk up 46%, cheese up a third....how the price of everyday food items has soared in the past 12 months

Food prices have risen in the past 12 months (Yui Mok/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Families faced yet another steep jump in the cost of their weekly shop last month as food prices hit a fresh 45-year high.

Food and non-alcoholic drinks inflation soared from 16.4% in November to 16.8%, marking the highest level since September 1977, according to official data.