Crisps/salted snacks share in the UK & Ireland 2014, by type

This statistic shows the crisps and salted snacks share of snacking occasions in the United Kingdom and Ireland 2014, by type. In total, 15 percent of snacks eaten by adults were either crisps or another salted snack according to the survey conducted for Bord Bia Irish Food Board. Of these 15 percent of snacking occasions, 1 percent were 'healthier crisps', such as low calorie, low salt or low oil varieties.

Crisps and salted snack share of total snacking occasions in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland 2014, by type

Characteristic	Share of snacking occasions
Any crisps/salted	15%
Crisps- standard	9%
Salted peanuts	2%
Healthier crisps (e.g. low calories/low salt/low oil)	1%
Tortilla/Doritos	1%
Puffed crisps (e.g. cheese puffs, Snax, bacon puffs)	1%
Popcorn	1%

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Release date

March 2014

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Region

Ireland, United Kingdom

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

3,000 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

1,081 snacking occasions*

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.

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