Snacks eaten by families in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland 2014

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 19, 2014
This statistic shows the distribution of family snacking occasions in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2014, by snack type. According to the survey conducted for Bord Bia Irish Food Board, on 19 percent of occasions, established families snacked on confectionery.

Distribution of established family snacking occasions in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland in 2014, by snack type

CharacteristicShare of snacking occasions
Confectionery 19%
Crisps/ salted 17%
Fruit 11%
Bread/rolls and Crackers 11%
Sweet Bakery 10%
Diary and Ice-cream 7%
Biscuits (sweet) 6%
Fast food 4%
Non confectionary bars 4%
Breakfast food 4%
Hot and cold cooked foods 4%
Drinks 2%
Showing entries 1 to 12 (12 entries in total)
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of snacking occasions19%19%17%17%11%11%11%11%10%10%7%7%6%6%4%4%4%4%4%4%4%4%2%2%ConfectioneryCrisps/ saltedFruitBread/rolls and CrackersSweet BakeryDiary and Ice-creamBiscuits (sweet)Fast foodNon confectionary barsBreakfast foodHot and cold cooked foodsDrinks
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%9%10%11%12%13%14%15%16%17%18%19%20%21%

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Release date

March 2014

Region

Ireland, United Kingdom

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

3,000*

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

All established family snacking occasions (1,921)

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Research was conducted in two phases as follows:
Qualitative: four focus groups with 16-35 year olds in Ireland and several online discussion groups in the UK, with 56 respondents broken down by life stage and region.
Quantitative: online survey across Ireland and the UK with nationally represetative sample of 3,000 respondents, plus additional data from mums recording a 'snacking' diary for kids aged 10-15 years (= 4,886 snacking occasions).

The source states that findings between Ireland and the UK were very similar and therefore outlined figures are an average across both markets. In total the data covers 12,244 snacking occasions.

Figures do not sum to 100 due to rounding.

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