Food and non-alcoholic drinks were the biggest downward influence on consumer price inflation(CPI) in November 2009.
Prices rose by just 0.6% month-on-month compared to a 1.4% increase a year ago.
Vegetables and drinks such as coffee and tea were among the main contributors to the fall, but fruit prices rose sharply by 11.7% month-on-month.
Overall the CPI rate rose to 1.9% in November from 1.5% the previous month, according to the Consumer Prices Index from the Office for National Statistics.
The Retail Prices Index, which includes housing costs, rose by 0.3% in the year to November compared to a fall of 0.8% in October.
