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Most popular
christmas meal 61% turkey gravy
favourite sauces
For many, the Christmas dinner is one of the most important meals of the year, with a lot of effort and
anticipation going into the occasion. It is a time for families and friends to sit down together and enjoy a
delicious festive feast – so British Turkey decided to find out what the nation’s must-haves are on the plate.
accompanying drinks
Water
Fruit juice
CHRISTMAS PUDDING is clear favourite in the
dessert department with over half plumping for the
seasonal pud!
christmas pudding
other popular desserts included...
Chocolate log
24%
Trifle
23%
Cheesecake
20%
Bread
sauce
Mint
sauce
well loved sides
70% 81%
turkey - top of the christmas table
For the main focus of the Christmas dinner, TURKEY got
more votes than all the other options combined
Beef
Pork/ Gammon
Goose
Pigs in Blankets
Stuffing
the veg list
The ROAST POTATO is the key player when it
comes to veg at Christmas with 85% of us
tucking into those tasty tatties
Three Bird Roast
top table
decoration
78%
christmas cracker
It wouldn’t be Christmas without
a hat, joke and fun trinket! A cracking
78% of us are looking forward to
pulling one this year
britishturkey.co.uk
81%
67%
Parsnips
Duck
85%
Brussel sprouts
Chicken
Roast potatoes
Carrots
Lamb
king of the desserts..
50%
Beef
gravy
white
wine
Fizzy drinks
Mulled wine
Beer
Red wine
White wine
Bucks fizz
Cranberry
sauce
8581+ 67+ 60+ 50+ 0+ 17+ 7+ 6+
Champagne
49% 31% 23% 14%
39%
Thirsty work, making Christmas
dinner - WHITE WINE is our
preferred tipple with 39% of us
opting for the white grape
TURKEY GRAVY was by far the most popular
sauce to accompany christmas dinner with a
whopping 61% preferring this option, followed by
60%
Peas
50%
And our least favoured veg on the day were
Red cabbage
17%
Cheesy leeks
7%
Shallots
6%