Rhubarb grown by candlelight in an area of Yorkshire by just 12 farmers known as the Rhubarb Triangle has been given European protected name status.  It is the 41st British product to be added to the list. 

Other consumption products which have been awarded this status include Champagne and Parma Ham.

Janet Oldroyd of the Yorkshire Rhubarb Growers Association, said: "To the 12 growers left in the Rhubarb Triangle, a future is now certain…to the hundreds of farmers long-since gone this is, in part, recognition of their hard work, dedication and steadfast belief in their product that has kept this industry alive since the early 1950s."