The ONS examined the figures after Ms Monroe expressed concern that poorer families were disproportionately feeling the pinch of a faster rise in the price of valuables.
She said the official measure of rising prices “greatly underestimates the real cost of inflation, as it happens to people with the least”.
Experimental data from ONS found that pasta, ground beef and bread jumped in price. The price of potatoes, cheese, pizza and chips decreased.
The brand’s pasta rose 50 percent year-on-year to April, while valuable chips rose 17 percent faster than their more expensive counterparts.
However, these increases were offset by budget products that grew in value more slowly than expensive versions or fell in price compared to increases elsewhere.
Overall, the inflation rate for low-priced items was broadly in line with the average product range, contrary to Ms Monroe’s complaints.
Food price inflation reached 6.7% in April, compared with 6% for the 30 budget items monitored by the ONS.
However, Ms Monroe declared victory on Twitter, saying the figures showed it was “much more expensive to be poor”.
She told BBC News: “Almost all products have risen in price and these are … products in the basic and value range.
“They are much higher than the official inflation statistics of 6% and 7%, which is used to justify rising levels of benefits and what is used as official inflation data.
About 17 of the 30 items tracked either rose more slowly than broader food cost inflation or fell in price over the period. In its study, ONS said: “A strong experimental study based on network data from supermarkets for 30 daily groceries shows that the lowest-priced items have increased in price by about as much as average food prices and soft drinks (both of which increased by about 6% to 7% in the 12 months to April 2022).
“There are significant variations in the 30 items, with prices for six items falling during the year, but prices for five items rising by 15 percent or more.”
Along with energy spending, food bills are a key driver of inflation, which peaked at 9 percent in four decades. World food prices have jumped to record highs in recent months as the war in Ukraine has increased spending on fertilizers, fuel and feed.
ONS statisticians said that the lowest-priced everyday items “saw significant variations in price changes, with some items showing an increase of more than 15 percent, while other items fell in price.”
The statistical authority monitored the price of budget items and how they have changed over the past 12 months.
The price of a bag of 2.5 kg of budget potatoes fell by 12 pence to 75 pence, a slide by 14 percent and the biggest drop. The value of cheese fell by 7 pence to 88 pence, 7 percent fell, and pizza fell by 4 pence or 4 percent to 95 pence.
By comparison, the price of potatoes, cheese and pizza has generally risen when more expensive ranges are included, which means that people who buy budget versions of these items have been comparatively better.
Earlier this year, Ms Monroe said that “margins are always, always calculated to tighten the belts of those who can least afford it and to massage the profits of those who have free money”. .
Some budget items rose faster than their middle-class counterparts.
ONS data suggest that budget pasta jumped 50% year-on-year in April, much faster than the 10% increase in the overall pasta and couscous category.
Valuable chips rose 17 percent compared to a 6 percent increase for total breakfast.
Budget bread rose 16 percent over the 12-month period, but the price of whole-grain bread rose just 4.9 percent.
In all items, price increases were generally the same for budget and medium products.
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