Jeff's line is that Glasgow loves sweet things to a fault. The measured version of it is Scottish rather than Glaswegian: Scotland buys more confectionery than England, discretionary foods carry 38 per cent of the country's daily free sugars, and 43 per cent of Scottish adults agree that they eat too many treats every day.
The Glasgow sweet tooth.
a habit of the place · Glasgow
Sources & mentions
- [1]Food Standards Scotland, on discretionary foods
“discretionary foods have on the diet, accounting for, on average, 15% of total energy, 17% of total fat, 18% of saturated fats and 38% of daily free sugars consumption”
“43% of adults aged 16 and over in Scotland agreeing that 'I know I eat too many 'treats' like cakes, biscuits, chocolates or sweets every day'”
“the most commonly consumed discretionary foods were cakes, which 33% of adults reported eating at least twice a week. This was followed by sweets or chocolate, and ice cream, each consumed by 29% of adults once a week or more.”
- [2]British Journal of Nutrition, twelve years of UK purchase data 2001 to 2012
“higher intakes of red and processed meat, whole milk, butter, savoury snacks, confectionery, soft drinks, saturated fat, NMES and alcohol in Scotland compared with England”