Mmm... do you fancy a tasty bag of crisps? Or how about a yummy chocolate bar? People love their snacks. Find out more about some popular British snacks.
Snack facts
Young people in Britain eat more snacks than people of the same age in other European countries. A recent survey has discovered that 64 per cent of under-20-year-olds snack between meals. What are these young Brits eating? Savoury snacks, especially crisps, are the favourite snack in the UK.
Crisps
Crisps are thin slices of potato, fried in oil then covered in salt or other salty fl avours. British people are mad for crisps and they like them in a huge variety of fl avours. Some of the most popular flavours include cheese and onion, salt and vinegar, roast chicken, and bacon.
Chocolate
It isn't only savoury snacks that British people love. In fact, they spend more on chocolate than any other European country! If you go to any newsagent's shop in the UK, you'll see a huge selection of chocolate bars on sale. There are small bars, medium-sized ones and massive bars of chocolate. You can buy mint-fl avoured chocolate, chocolate-covered peanuts or raisins, chocolate with nuts ... the list is endless!
Health
While crisps, chocolate and other snacks can be delicious, many people are worried that young people eat too much of these kinds of foods. Some parents are unhappy that their children can buy snack foods that are high in sugar, salt or fat such as sweets, biscuits and crisps from vending machines in schools. Some schools have banned these types of vending machines. Will this help? What do you think?
Activity 1 - Vocabulary matching
Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a - e next to the numbers 1 - 5.
1........ flavour a. something small to eat
2........ a snack b. having a salty (not sweet) taste
3........ a vending machine c. the taste that a food or drink has
4........ a chocolate bar d. a long, thin piece of chocolate
5........ savoury e. a machine that you can buy something from
Answers 1. c; 2. a; 3. e; 4. d; 5. b
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