Reasons for having snacks in Denmark 2018

According to a survey conducted in November 2018, the decisive reason to eat snacks in Denmark was the good taste. In fact, 78 percent of respondents indicated this reason. Another share of 63 percent answered that snacking is healthy, followed by 61 percent of Danes having snacks because they are easy and quick to cook. When being asked about the frequency of eating snacks, most Danes ate them several times a week (32 percent).

 Favorite snack time and day 

The same survey also found out that the respondents generally prefer to have snacks on weekends, rather than on weekdays. Snacks appeared to be very popular Especially on evenings: 54 percent of Danes stated to have snacks from Friday to Sunday, whereas 38 percent even did so from Monday to Thursday.

 Drinks as snacks 

A snack is defined as a small amount of food eaten between meals, but it does not always have to be food. In fact, It is quite common to have snacks in a liquid form as a drink. In Denmark, the favorite drink to have between meals was coffee (and all kinds of coffee drinks). Second ranked tea, closely followed by soft drinks.