Family Food Survey 2019/20: Notes

It is a widely recognised characteristic of self reported diary surveys such as Family Food that survey respondents tend to
under report their purchases (and any derived nutrient intakes based on purchased quantities are also likely to be
underestimates). Empirical comparisons of sales and duty data for alcohol in particular suggest that reported alcohol
consumption could be 40-60 per cent lower than the reality. For other food and drink, reporting is likely to be closer to
actual purchases, but underreporting is likely to feature and some food types may be underreported to a greater extent
than others.
Although such surveys are completely confidential, respondents may under report for a range of reasons, from self
consciousness to simply forgetting to record purchases. 'Top up' and eating out purchases are probably more likely to be
missed than the main household shop. There is no evidence to say whether levels of underreporting have changed over
time but it is plausible that changes in household shopping and eating patterns may have contributed to increased
underreporting.
Users should bear this issue in mind, when considering trends in estimated intakes and the values for individual years. For
example the downward trend in energy intake estimates can appear counter-intuitive at face value given other evidence on
the prevalence of obesity. Factors affecting obesity and other health issues are complex. Family Food trends are broadly
consistent with other sources, such as
the National Diet and Nutrition Survey
which also show reported energy intake in decline, although NDNS intakes are also known to be underreported.

Items of food and drink are defined as either household or eating out.

‘Household’ covers all food that is brought into the household.

‘Eating out’ covers all food that never enters the household.
Takeaway purchases for consumption within the home are classed as household purchases.
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Units: average per person per day
UK household and eating out energy and nutrient intakes derived from food and drin
Average per person per day (a)

Code Description Units 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05

Average intake per person per day
8 Energy kcal 2409 2410 2381 2338
9 MJ 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.8
8 Energy from all sources excluding alcohol kcal 2330 2332 2302 2262
1 Protein g 82.1 82.2 81.4 80.7
3 Fat g 99 99 98 96
Fatty acids:
4 Saturates g 38.3 38.0 37.8 36.9
5 Mono-unsaturates g 36.4 36.2 36.0 35.3
6 Poly-unsaturates g 17.9 17.7 17.5 17.2
47 Cholesterol mg 279 278 279 270
7 Carbohydrate (b) g 296 297 292 287
31 Total sugars g 136 137 138 135
32 Non-milk extrinsic sugars g 92 93 92 90
24 Starch g 159 160 154 152
35 Fibre (c) g 15.3 15.4 15.0 15.0
33 Alcohol g 11.2 11.0 11.3 10.8
10 Calcium mg 1025 1025 1016 989
11 Iron mg 12.3 12.5 12.6 12.5
39 Zinc mg 9.7 9.8 9.5 9.5
37 Magnesium mg 295 295 289 290
23 Sodium (d) g 3.25 3.19 3.12 3.07
36 Potassium g 3.35 3.33 3.30 3.28
15 Thiamin mg 1.73 1.74 1.79 1.78
16 Riboflavin mg 2.04 2.03 2.03 1.97
19 Niacin Equivalent mg 35.9 35.9 36.1 35.8
40 Vitamin B6 mg 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6
41 Vitamin B12 μg 6.6 6.5 6.8 6.5
22 Folate μg 308 309 306 304
20 Vitamin C mg 79 79 77 73
Vitamin A:
12 Retinol μg 565 557 569 522
13 Carotene μg 2241 2167 2200 2221
14 Retinol equivalent μg 938 925 939 899
21 Vitamin D μg 3.66 3.65 3.29 3.25
46 Vitamin E mg 13.36 13.16 13.07 12.51
Average intake as a percentage of food energy excluding energy from alcohol
3 Fat 38.4 38.1 38.3 38.2
Fatty acids:
4 Saturates 14.8 14.7 14.8 14.7
5 Mono-unsaturates 14.1 14.0 14.1 14.1
6 Poly-unsaturates 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.8
7 Carbohydrate 47.6 47.8 47.6 47.6
Non-milk extrinsic sugars 14.8 14.9 15.0 14.8
50 Protein 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.3
Average intake as a percentage of weighted reference nutrient intakes
8 Energy 115 115 117 111
ex alc Energy excluding alcohol 111 111 113 108
50 Protein 180 180 186 176
10 Calcium 149 149 151 143
11 Iron 120 121 126 121
39 Zinc 122 123 125 119
37 Magnesium 111 111 113 109
23 Sodium 218 214 217 227
36 Potassium 105 105 108 110
15 Thiamin 206 208 224 212
16 Riboflavin 178 178 183 173
19 Niacin equivalent 257 258 269 257
40 Vitamin B6 214 212 223 209
41 Vitamin B12 477 473 511 472
22 Folate 164 164 172 161
20 Vitamin C 205 205 211 191
14 Vitamin A (retinol equivalent) 151 149 160 145

(a) Contributions from pharmaceutical sources are not recorded by the survey and no account has been made for food bought but not eaten
(b) Available carbohydrate, calculated as monosaccharide
(c) As non-starch polysaccharides
(d) Excludes sodium from table salt
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d National Food Survey data 1974 to 2000, Expenditure and Food Survey 2001-02 to 2007 and Living Costs and Food Survey 2008 onward
per person per day
rom food and drink

2005-06 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

2362 2351 2320 2276 2304 2293 2245 2209 2192 2142
9.9 9.8 9.7 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.0
2287 2276 2247 2210 2233 2221 2176 2143 2129 2080
81.8 81.3 80.4 78.1 78.6 78.6 77.2 75.9 74.8 74.3
97 97 96 94 95 95 92 91 91 89

37.2 37.2 36.3 35.7 36.0 35.1 34.3 33.7 33.7 33.1
35.7 35.8 35.4 35.1 36.0 37.0 35.8 35.5 35.8 35.2
17.4 17.7 17.6 17.4 17.2 17.1 16.2 16.3 16.0 15.6
275 274 273 262 262 257 252 249 244 244
290 287 284 279 282 279 276 271 269 260
134 132 129 127 129 125 124 120 119 115
88 86 84 83 85 82 81 77 77 73
156 154 154 152 153 153 152 151 149 145
15.6 15.6 15.2 15.0 15.2 15.3 15.2 14.4 14.4 14.2
10.7 10.6 10.5 9.4 10.2 10.2 9.8 9.4 8.9 8.9
1002 998 985 969 983 965 955 937 934 915
12.7 12.2 12.0 11.8 11.9 11.9 11.8 11.4 11.4 11.2
9.7 9.7 9.6 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.8
297 298 293 287 289 289 287 284 282 280
3.09 2.95 2.84 2.78 2.82 2.83 2.74 2.72 2.67 2.62
3.35 3.34 3.28 3.22 3.23 3.21 3.21 3.16 3.13 3.12
1.82 1.75 1.69 1.66 1.67 1.67 1.62 1.78 1.74 1.71
1.99 1.97 1.93 1.89 1.92 1.89 1.92 1.89 1.87 1.86
36.2 35.7 34.9 34.0 34.3 34.4 33.6 33.0 34.8 34.6
2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1
6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.1
312 306 308 299 299 302 298 282 278 274
78 80 79 76 79 80 77 82 82 79

527 527 523 526 530 542 533 521 511 489
2272 2295 2283 2225 2191 2300 2187 2558 2572 2579
909 913 906 898 897 927 900 950 941 921
3.25 3.20 3.16 3.03 3.07 3.12 3.10 3.06 3.17 3.08
12.71 13.08 11.98 12.17 12.22 12.36 12.33 12.17 12.44 12.09

38.1 38.5 38.3 38.5 38.5 38.6 38.1 38.3 38.5 38.7
14.6 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.5 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.3
14.0 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.5 15.0 14.8 14.9 15.1 15.2
6.8 7.0 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.7
47.6 47.2 47.3 47.4 47.4 47.2 47.6 47.5 47.4 47.0
14.4 14.2 14.0 14.1 14.2 13.9 13.9 13.5 13.6 13.1
14.3 14.3 14.3 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.0 14.3

113 112 110 108 110 109 107 105 105 102
109 108 107 105 106 106 104 102 102 99
179 177 175 170 171 171 168 166 163 163
145 145 143 140 143 140 139 136 136 133
123 119 116 114 115 116 115 111 112 110
122 121 120 116 117 117 115 112 111 110
112 112 110 108 109 109 108 107 106 106
207 197 190 186 189 189 184 182 179 176
105 104 103 101 101 101 100 99 98 98
216 209 200 197 199 199 193 211 206 204
175 172 169 165 168 166 168 165 164 163
260 257 250 244 246 247 242 237 250 249
212 203 207 201 200 202 194 175 171 170
478 467 470 458 460 460 449 440 437 437
166 162 163 158 159 160 158 150 148 146
204 207 206 197 205 208 200 214 213 207
146 147 145 144 144 149 145 153 151 148
osts and Food Survey 2008 onwards

chg
since
2015 201516 201617 201718 201819 201920 chg since 201617 201819

2173 2162 2136 2175 2189 2207 +3.3 +4.6

9.1 9.1 8.9 9.1 9.2 9.2 +3.3 +4.6
2110 2096 2072 2102 2119 2139 +3.3 +4.8
74.7 74.2 75.1 74.8 75.8 76.3 +1.7 +5.2
92 91 90 92 94 95 +5.9 +5.8

33.8 33.7 33.6 34.0 34.3 34.6 +3.1 +4.5

36.1 35.8 35.1 36.2 37.2 37.6 +7.3 +6.5
16.2 15.9 15.2 15.8 16.5 16.7 +9.6 +7.1
247 245 248 247 254 257 +3.5 +6.6
262 261 257 260 259 261 +1.6 +3.8
114 114 114 112 113 111 -1.9 -0.1
72 72 71 70 70 70 -2.2 -0.6
148 146 143 148 145 149 +4.3 +6.8
14.5 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.4 14.6 +1.6 +7.2
9.0 9.4 9.2 10.5 10.0 9.7 +4.9 +1.2
920 915 927 920 929 934 +0.8 +2.8
11.4 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.7 +3.1 +5.7
8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.0 +1.4 +5.6
283 281 284 285 288 291 +2.2 +4.4
2.65 2.63 2.66 2.64 2.68 2.73 +2.7 +6.2
3.15 3.12 3.14 3.14 3.18 3.19 +1.3 +5.2
1.72 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.72 1.75 +2.5 +7.4
1.86 1.85 1.87 1.84 1.88 1.88 +0.5 +2.3
34.7 34.5 35.0 34.7 35.3 35.5 +1.4 +4.8
2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 +0.4 +7.1
6.0 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.0 -1.6 +4.2
278 274 276 273 276 279 +1.1 +7.6
81 80 81 80 81 81 -0.4 +4.2

478 475 500 489 474 483 -3.4 +5.9

2606 2577 2653 2584 2579 2603 -1.8 +10.4
913 906 942 921 903 915 -2.8 +7.9
3.06 3.03 3.09 3.12 3.16 3.14 +1.5 +2.6
12.59 12.40 11.83 12.24 12.65 12.89 +8.9 +6.7

39.1 39.1 38.9 39.2 39.8 39.9 +2.5 +1.0

14.4 14.5 14.6 14.5 14.6 14.6 -0.2 -0.3
15.4 15.4 15.2 15.5 15.8 15.8 +3.9 +1.6
6.9 6.8 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.0 +6.1 +2.3
46.6 46.7 46.5 46.4 45.8 45.8 -1.6 -0.9
12.8 12.9 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.2 -5.3 -5.2
14.2 14.2 14.5 14.2 14.3 14.3 -1.5 +0.4

103 103 102 105 104 102

100 100 99 101 101 99
163 162 164 165 164 164
133 133 135 135 134 135
111 111 112 114 113 131
110 110 111 112 110 107
107 106 108 108 109 109
176 175 178 177 178 182
98 98 99 99 99 102
205 202 204 205 204 201
162 161 164 162 163 162
248 248 252 251 252 248
169 167 170 169 169 168
429 425 440 431 424 435
148 146 148 147 147 151
211 208 211 211 213 216
148 147 153 151 146 144
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Units: average per person per day
UK household energy and nutrient intakes derived from food and drink
Average per person per day (a)

Code Description Units 1974 1975 1976 1977

Average intake per person per day
8 Energy kcal 2534 2489 2473 2460
9 MJ 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.3
8 Energy from all sources excluding alcohol kcal
50 Protein g 74 75 75 76
2 Animal Protein g 45 46 46 47
1 Vegetable Protein g 29 29 29 29
3 Fat g 111 112 110 110
Fatty acids:
4 Saturates g 52.4 53.4 51.8 49.4
5 Mono-unsaturates g 42 42 42 41
6 Poly-unsaturates g 12 11 11 11
47 Cholesterol mg
7 Carbohydrate (b) g 327 313 315 311
31 Total sugars g
32 Non-milk extrinsic sugars g
24 Starch g
35 Fibre (c) g
33 Alcohol g
10 Calcium mg 1067 1064 1060 1051
11 Iron mg 13 13 13 12
39 Zinc mg
37 Magnesium mg
23 Sodium (d) g
36 Potassium g
15 Thiamin mg 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3
16 Riboflavin mg 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0
19 Niacin Equivalent mg 30 30 30 31
40 Vitamin B6 mg
41 Vitamin B12 μg
22 Folate μg
20 Vitamin C mg 54 54 52 55
Vitamin A:
12 Retinol μg 1008 1292 1456 1482
13 Carotene μg 2272 2174 2336 2279
14 Retinol equivalent μg 1480 1756 1951 1945
21 Vitamin D μg 8.9 2.8 2.9 2.9
46 Vitamin E mg
Average intake as a percentage of food energy excluding energy from alcohol
3 Fat
Fatty acids:
4 Saturates
5 Mono-unsaturates
6 Poly-unsaturates
7 Carbohydrate
Non-milk extrinsic sugars
50 Protein
Average intake as a percentage of weighted reference nutrient intakes
8 Energy 127 124 123 122
ex alc Energy excluding alcohol
50 Protein 176 175 176 175
10 Calcium 159 158 157 155
11 Iron 129 129 126 121
39 Zinc
37 Magnesium
23 Sodium
36 Potassium
15 Thiamin 153 152 153 163
16 Riboflavin 172 174 175 179
19 Niacin equivalent 227 227 227 228
40 Vitamin B6
41 Vitamin B12
22 Folate
20 Vitamin C 145 145 139 146
14 Vitamin A (retinol equivalent) 248 293 325 323

(a) Contributions from pharmaceutical sources are not recorded by the survey and no account has been made for food bought but not eaten
(b) Available carbohydrate, calculated as monosaccharide
(c) As non-starch polysaccharides
(d) Excludes sodium from table salt
(e) Relative Standard Error: 3 ticks: < 2.5%, 2 ticks: 2.5% - 5%, 1 tick: 5% - 10%, no ticks: 10% - 20%, cross: >20%, - not available
(f) "yes" if the change is greater than twice its standard error. There is approximately a one in twenty chance of reporting a "yes" when the change is due only t
(g) Ticked if the estimate of linear trend is statistically significant, see methodology papers
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d National Food Survey data 1974 to 2000, Expenditure and Food Survey 2001-02 to 2007 and Living Costs and Food Survey 2008 onward
per person per day

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

2465 2469 2439 2422 2384 2344 2262 2208 2263 2233 2188
10.3 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.5 9.2 9.5 9.4 9.2

76 77 76 75 74 73 71 71 73 72 71
47 48 47 46 46 45 44 43 44 43 43
29 29 29 29 28 28 28 28 29 29 29
111 112 112 110 110 108 104 102 105 103 100

49.2 50.0 49 48 47 47 44 43 43 42 41
41 42 42 41 41 39 38 37 38 38 37
12 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 16 16 15

310 306 301 301 294 287 279 269 275 273 267

1039 1018 1012 1008 996 939 918 897 944 923 909
12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9

1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5
2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8
31 32 31 31 30 30 30 28 30 29 29

228 232 232 226 217 217 245 253 253 246
57 58 61 64 61 62 59 56 65 66 67

1437 1368 1368 1371 1414 1239 1433 1382 1342 1271 1189
2466 2439 2473 2456 2416 2375 2276 2401 2286 2236 2508
1931 1777 1781 1781 1822 1642 1815 1784 1725 1644 1609
2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.3
 122 122 121 120 118 116 112 106 109 108 106

176 178 176 174 169 168 165 159 163 162 160
153 150 148 148 146 138 135 131 138 135 133
122 120 123 119 119 121 121 114 120 117 115

191 198 195 195

157 161 154 153 154 163 165 170 178 172 178
190 186 189 184 171 172 174 170 175 171 161
231 241 233 230 224 225 224 207 215 209 210

127 129 129 125 120 121 132 137 138 133
153 155 164 170 164 166 156 147 170 173 175
320 295 296 296 302 272 301 291 281 269 262

es" when the change is due only to sampling error.

Food Survey 2008 onwards

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2127 2058 2031 2225 2191 2137 2143 2241 2168 2102 2056
8.9 8.6 8.5 9.3 9.2 8.9 9.0 9.4 9.1 8.8 8.6
2190 2155 2101 2103 2200 2126 2060 2012
69 66 66 68 67 67 68 70 70 70 68
42 40 39 41 40 41 42 42 42 41 41
28 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 29 28 28
97 94 92 97 94 91 89 93 89 86 83

40 37 36 38 37 36 36 37 35 34 33
36 34 34 36 35 33 33 34 32 31 29
15 15 15 16 16 15 15 16 16 15 15
259 251 243 239 247 247 237 228
260 253 252 278 275 270 272 287 277 268 265
132 130 129 129 134 130 125 123
90 88 87 87 91 88 84 82
146 144 141 143 152 146 142 141
13 13 13 13 14 14 13 13
5.0 5.2 5.1 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.3
890 868 859 915 903 899 893 910 908 891 881
12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
8.4 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.1 8.0
258 260 256 253 266 262 258 255
2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8
2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9
1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4
1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8
28 27 27 28 27 27 28 29 29 29 28
1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1
5.6 5.6 5.3 5.1 4.9 7.8 7.4 7.4
259 260 255 265 261 257 256 268 267 260 254
59 57 60 60 61 65 63 64 68 69 67

1109 1058 1077 1205 1149 1016 1027 730 680 623 596
2581 1988 2024 1859 1872 1863 1824 1861 1936 1896 1889
1541 1393 1418 1515 1463 1327 1330 1040 1003 940 911
3.2 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3
9 11 11 11 12 12 11 11
 39.8 39.4 38.8 38.1 38.2 37.7 37.5 37.0

15.8 15.6 15.3 15.2 15.1 15.0 15.0 14.7

14.7 14.6 14.3 14.0 13.8 13.4 13.4 13.2
6.6 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5
47.7 47.9 48.2 48.6 48.9 48.9 48.8 49.3
15.4 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.6 15.6 15.2 15.2
12.4 12.5 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.2 13.5 13.6

103 100 98 108 106 103 103 108 105 102 99

106 104 101 101 106 103 100 97
155 149 148 152 150 151 152 157 157 155 152
131 127 126 135 132 132 131 133 133 131 128
112 110 107 111 110 107 105 112 110 108 105
107 106 106 104 107 106 103 102
100 100 98 97 102 100 99 97
192 187 186 191 189 189 190 199 195 191 189
90 91 90 90 94 94 93 91
170 164 164 164 162 166 174 194 179 177 172
158 154 155 159 156 155 154 158 169 164 161
203 194 194 201 199 197 202 212 209 209 205
157 175 164 176 182 179 178 175
414 408 392 374 362 574 539 537
140 141 138 144 141 139 138 145 144 140 137
154 150 157 156 159 171 165 168 178 180 176
251 227 232 247 238 216 216 169 163 153 148
2000 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006 2007 2008 2009

2152 2098 2101 2079 2050 2082 2074 2052 2028 2054
9.0 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.6
2101 2050 2052 2027 1999 2032 2023 2000 1980 2002
72 71.7 71.8 71.1 70.7 72.0 71.5 70.8 69.1 69.6
43 43.5 43.4 43.7 43.2 43.7 43.6 43.1 41.8 42.3
29 28.1 28.4 27.4 27.5 28.3 27.9 27.8 27.3 27.3
86 86 85 85 83 85 85 84 83 84

35 34.0 33.8 33.7 33.0 33.4 33.4 32.6 32.3 32.5

31 31.0 30.8 30.7 30.2 30.7 30.8 30.6 30.5 31.4
15 15.2 15.0 14.8 14.6 14.9 15.2 15.2 15.1 14.9
236 238 236 237 231 236 235 235 226 226
277 264 266 261 257 262 259 256 254 257
131 123 124 124 123 123 121 119 117 119
88 81 82 82 80 79 77 76 76 77
145 141 142 136 134 139 137 137 136 137
14 13.3 13.5 13.1 13.2 13.8 13.8 13.4 13.3 13.5
7.2 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.4 6.8 7.4
967 937 936 930 906 921 918 908 897 911
11 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.5 10.9 10.7 10.6 10.7
8.7 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.3
266 258 259 254 256 265 266 262 258 260
2.9 2.88 2.81 2.75 2.71 2.74 2.60 2.50 2.46 2.50
3.0 2.89 2.89 2.86 2.86 2.94 2.93 2.90 2.86 2.86
1.5 1.50 1.51 1.56 1.56 1.60 1.54 1.48 1.46 1.47
1.9 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.80 1.83 1.81 1.77 1.74 1.77
31 30.5 30.6 30.8 30.8 31.2 30.8 30.2 29.6 29.9
2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1
6.3 5.9 5.8 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8
269 257 259 258 257 267 261 264 259 259
70 67 69 67 64 69 70 70 67 70

613 511 501 514 470 477 477 476 481 485
1906 1769 1760 1802 1833 1891 1901 1905 1879 1832
931 805 802 818 782 796 797 796 795 792
3.4 3.29 3.27 2.92 2.89 2.89 2.84 2.81 2.70 2.74
11 11.40 11.21 11.15 10.67 10.92 11.29 10.23 10.52 10.59
36.9 37.8 37.5 37.7 37.6 37.6 37.9 37.7 37.9 37.9

14.8 14.9 14.8 15.0 14.8 14.8 14.9 14.7 14.7 14.6
13.2 13.6 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 14.1
6.4 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.7
49.4 48.2 48.5 48.2 48.3 48.3 47.9 48.1 48.1 48.1
15.7 14.8 15.0 15.1 15.0 14.5 14.4 14.2 14.4 14.5
13.7 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.0 13.9

104 100 100 99 98 99 99 98 96 98

101 98 98 97 95 97 96 95 94 95
161 157 157 156 155 157 156 154 151 152
141 136 136 135 131 134 133 132 130 132
111 107 108 109 108 111 106 104 102 104
110 107 107 105 105 107 107 106 103 104
102 97 98 96 96 100 100 99 97 98
197 193 188 184 203 183 174 167 164 168
96 91 91 90 97 92 92 91 89 89
186 178 180 185 185 191 183 175 173 175
171 162 162 163 158 160 158 155 152 155
223 219 220 221 221 224 221 216 212 214
188 178 178 179 177 181 172 178 173 173
460 426 423 445 425 433 422 427 417 419
145 137 138 137 137 141 138 140 137 137
183 175 179 175 167 180 182 183 175 182
151 130 129 132 126 128 128 128 128 127
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 201516 201617 201718

2035 2009 1990 1972 1916 1933 1939 1902 1952

8.5 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.2
1981 1957 1939 1923 1867 1884 1891 1852 1898
69.1 68.6 67.8 66.6 65.8 65.6 65.9 66.1 66.5
42.0 41.6 41.1 40.2 40.1 39.6 39.9 40.4 40.0
27.1 27.0 26.7 26.4 25.7 26.0 26.0 25.7 26.5
84 82 81 81 79 81 81 79 82

31.6 31.1 30.8 30.8 30.1 30.5 30.8 30.4 31.0

32.1 31.4 31.5 31.7 30.9 31.5 31.7 30.7 32.1
14.7 14.0 14.3 13.9 13.4 13.9 13.9 13.0 13.8
219 217 217 211 210 210 213 213 214
253 253 249 246 237 238 238 233 238
116 115 111 111 107 106 106 105 104
76 74 71 71 67 66 66 65 64
137 137 137 135 130 132 132 128 133
13.5 13.6 13.0 12.9 12.6 12.8 12.8 12.8 13.0
7.6 7.4 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.2 7.8
891 885 872 869 848 849 850 857 855
10.7 10.6 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.3
8.3 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9
259 259 259 256 253 255 255 257 259
2.49 2.43 2.43 2.38 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.35
2.83 2.86 2.84 2.80 2.78 2.78 2.79 2.79 2.81
1.46 1.43 1.60 1.56 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.51 1.52
1.74 1.78 1.76 1.74 1.72 1.71 1.71 1.73 1.71
29.8 29.4 29.0 30.8 30.5 30.3 30.5 30.7 30.6
2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4
259 260 247 243 237 238 238 238 237
71 69 75 74 71 72 72 73 72

496 489 482 472 448 433 435 457 451

1905 1853 2252 2262 2246 2245 2274 2315 2288
815 800 859 850 824 809 815 843 834
2.78 2.79 2.75 2.86 2.76 2.71 2.72 2.76 2.80
10.64 10.77 10.71 10.96 10.57 10.96 10.94 10.26 10.80
38.0 37.5 37.8 38.0 38.1 38.6 38.7 38.3 38.8

14.3 14.3 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.8 14.7

14.6 14.4 14.6 14.8 14.9 15.0 15.1 14.9 15.2
6.7 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.5
48.0 48.4 48.1 48.0 47.7 47.4 47.3 47.3 47.0
14.3 14.2 13.8 13.9 13.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 12.7
13.9 14.0 14.0 13.8 14.1 13.9 13.9 14.3 14.0

97 96 95 94 92 92 92 91 94
94 93 93 92 89 89 90 89 91
151 150 148 145 144 142 143 145 146
129 129 127 126 124 123 123 124 125
104 104 100 101 99 99 100 100 102
104 103 101 99 98 97 98 98 100
98 98 98 97 96 96 96 97 98
167 163 163 160 156 155 155 157 157
88 89 89 88 87 87 87 88 89
173 170 190 185 181 180 180 181 183
152 156 154 152 151 149 150 152 150
214 211 208 222 219 216 218 221 221
173 168 150 146 144 142 142 143 143
417 409 402 400 398 386 386 399 393
138 138 131 129 126 127 127 127 128
184 179 194 193 185 188 188 190 190
131 129 138 137 133 131 132 137 137
 %
RSE change sig(f) trend
indicator( since since
201819 201920 e)
201617 201617(g)

1945 1965 üüü +3.3 yes k

8.1 8.2 üüü +3.3 yes k
1894 1912 - +3.3
66.8 67.1 üüü +1.5
40.6 40.4 üüü +0.0
26.1 26.7 üüü +3.7 yes k
83 84 üüü +6.0 yes k

30.9 31.2 üüü +2.9 yes k

32.6 33.0 üüü +7.6 yes k
14.2 14.4 üüü +10.4 yes k
218 220 üüü +3.3 k
235 237 üüü +1.6
104 104 üüü -1.7
64 64 üüü -1.7
130 133 üüü +4.3 yes
12.8 13.0 üüü +1.4
7.4 7.6 üü +4.6
858 861 üüü +0.5
10.3 10.5 üüü +2.8 yes k
7.9 7.9 üüü +1.2
260 262 üüü +2.1 yes k
2.37 2.41 üüü +2.5 yes k
2.81 2.82 üüü +0.9
1.52 1.54 üüü +2.1
1.74 1.73 üüü +0.5
30.9 31.1 üüü +1.3
1.8 1.8 üüü +0.3
5.4 5.4 üüü -1.8
237 240 üüü +0.8
73 72 üüü -1.2

430 441 üü -3.7

2234 2250 üüü -2.8
801 814 üüü -3.5
2.82 2.80 üüü +1.4
11.05 11.27 üüü +9.9 yes k
39.4 39.4

14.7 14.7
15.5 15.5
6.8 6.8
46.4 46.5
12.7 12.6
14.1 14.0

92 91
90 88
144 143
123 124
101 116
97 94
98 99
156 160
88 90
180 177
151 149
220 216
142 141
382 392
126 129
190 192
129 128
Updated on: 27/01/2022 Contact: Food Statistics Branch - Tel 020 80
Next update: 2023 Source: Adjusted National Food Survey da
Units: average per person per day
UK eating out energy and nutrient intakes derived from food and drink
Average per person per day (a)

Code Description Units 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05

Average intake per person per day
8 Energy kcal 310 309 303 288
9 MJ 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2
8 Energy from all sources excluding alcohol kcal 281 280 275 263
1 Protein g 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.0
3 Fat g 13 13 13 12
Fatty acids:
4 Saturates g 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9
5 Mono-unsaturates g 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.1
6 Poly-unsaturates g 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6
47 Cholesterol mg 41 41 41 40
7 Carbohydrate (b) g 32 32 31 30
31 Total sugars g 14 13 13 12
32 Non-milk extrinsic sugars g 11 11 10 9
24 Starch g 18 18 18 18
35 Fibre (c) g 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8
33 Alcohol g 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.6
10 Calcium mg 88 89 86 83
11 Iron mg 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3
39 Zinc mg 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
37 Magnesium mg 37 36 35 34
23 Sodium (d) g 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.36
36 Potassium g 0.46 0.44 0.44 0.41
15 Thiamin mg 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.22
16 Riboflavin mg 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.17
19 Niacin Equivalent mg 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.1
40 Vitamin B6 mg 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
41 Vitamin B12 μg 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
22 Folate μg 51 50 49 47
20 Vitamin C mg 11 10 10 9
Vitamin A:
12 Retinol μg 54 55 55 52
13 Carotene μg 473 408 398 388
14 Retinol equivalent μg 133 123 121 116
21 Vitamin D μg 0.37 0.38 0.38 0.36
46 Vitamin E mg 1.96 1.95 1.92 1.84
Average intake as a percentage of food energy excluding energy from alcohol
3 Fat 42.5 42.5 42.6 42.6
 Fatty acids:
4 Saturates 13.6 13.5 13.5 13.4
5 Mono-unsaturates 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.5
6 Poly-unsaturates 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.8
7 Carbohydrate 42.7 42.6 42.5 42.3
Non-milk extrinsic sugars 14.4 14.4 14.3 13.5
50 Protein 14.9 14.9 15.0 15.2
Average intake as a percentage of weighted reference nutrient intakes
8 Energy 15 15 18 14
ex alc Energy excluding alcohol 13 13 17 13
50 Protein 23 23 30 22
10 Calcium 13 13 16 12
11 Iron 13 13 17 13
39 Zinc 15 15 20 14
37 Magnesium 14 14 17 13
23 Sodium 25 25 33 24
36 Potassium 14 14 19 13
15 Thiamin 29 28 38 26
16 Riboflavin 17 16 20 15
19 Niacin equivalent 39 38 48 36
40 Vitamin B6 36 35 45 32
41 Vitamin B12 50 50 66 47
22 Folate 28 27 35 25
20 Vitamin C 30 26 36 25
14 Vitamin A (retinol equivalent) 22 20 28 19

(a) Contributions from pharmaceutical sources are not recorded by the survey and no account has been made for food bought but not eaten
(b) Available carbohydrate, calculated as monosaccharide
(c) As non-starch polysaccharides
(d) Excludes sodium from table salt
(e) Relative Standard Error: 3 ticks: < 2.5%, 2 ticks: 2.5% - 5%, 1 tick: 5% - 10%, no ticks: 10% - 20%, cross: >20%, - not available
(f) "yes" if the change is greater than twice its standard error. There is approximately a one in twenty chance of reporting a "yes" when the change is due only t
(g) Ticked if the estimate of linear trend is statistically significant, see methodology papers
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atistics Branch - Tel 020 8026 3006 Email: familyfood@defra.gov.uk
d National Food Survey data 1974 to 2000, Expenditure and Food Survey 2001-02 to 2007 and Living Costs and Food Survey 2008 onward
per person per day

2005-06 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

280 276 268 248 250 258 236 219 220 226
1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
255 253 247 230 231 240 219 204 206 212
9.8 9.8 9.5 8.9 9.0 9.5 8.7 8.1 8.2 8.6
12 12 12 11 11 12 11 10 10 10

3.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1
5.0 5.0 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.3
2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.1
39 39 38 36 36 38 34 32 32 34
29 28 27 25 25 26 24 22 23 23
12 11 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8
9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
17 17 17 16 16 17 15 14 15 15
1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6
3.5 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.0
81 80 78 73 73 75 70 65 65 66
1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0
33 32 31 29 29 30 27 25 25 26
0.35 0.35 0.35 0.32 0.32 0.34 0.31 0.29 0.29 0.30
0.40 0.40 0.39 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.35 0.32 0.33 0.34
0.21 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.19
0.17 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.14
4.9 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1
0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
45 45 44 40 40 43 38 35 35 37
9 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8

50 50 47 45 45 47 44 39 39 41
380 394 377 346 359 394 335 306 309 332
113 116 110 103 105 112 100 90 91 97
0.35 0.35 0.35 0.33 0.33 0.34 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.32
1.79 1.79 1.76 1.64 1.63 1.72 1.56 1.46 1.48 1.52

42.7 42.9 43.0 43.2 43.3 43.8 43.3 43.0 42.8 43.5
 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.5 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.2 12.9 13.1
17.5 17.7 17.8 17.8 17.9 18.2 18.0 17.8 17.8 18.2
8.8 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.1
42.1 41.7 41.6 41.3 41.2 40.4 40.9 41.0 41.3 40.4
13.4 12.6 12.0 12.1 11.9 10.6 11.0 11.2 10.9 10.3
15.3 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.9 15.8 16.0 15.9 16.2

13 13 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 11
12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
21 21 21 19 20 21 19 18 18 19
12 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 10
12 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 11 11
14 14 14 13 13 14 12 12 12 12
12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
23 23 23 22 22 23 21 19 19 20
13 13 12 11 11 12 11 10 10 11
26 26 25 23 24 25 23 21 21 22
15 14 14 13 13 13 12 11 11 12
35 35 34 32 32 33 30 28 28 30
31 31 30 27 28 29 26 24 24 26
45 45 43 41 41 43 40 37 36 39
24 24 23 21 21 23 20 19 19 20
24 25 24 22 23 24 22 20 20 21
18 19 18 17 17 18 16 15 15 16

es" when the change is due only to sampling error.

Costs and Food Survey 2008 onwards

%
change sig(f) trend
RSE since since
2015 201516 201617 201718 201819 201920 indicator(e) 201617 201617(g)

240 222 234 223 243 242 üü +3

1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 üü +3
226 205 220 204 225 227 - +3
9.2 8.3 9.0 8.3 9.1 9.3 üü +3
11 10 11 10 11 11 üü +5

3.3 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.4 üü +5

4.6 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.7 üü +5
2.3 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.3 üü +4
37 33 35 33 36 37 üü +5
24 22 24 22 24 24 üüü +1
8 8 8 8 8 8 üüü -4 m
6 6 6 6 6 5 üüü -8 yes m
16 14 15 14 16 16 üü +5
1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 üü +4
2.0 2.4 2.0 2.7 2.7 2.1 üü +6
71 65 70 65 71 73 üüü +3
1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 üü +6
1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 üü +3
28 26 27 26 28 28 üü +3
0.32 0.29 0.31 0.29 0.32 0.33 üü +5
0.37 0.33 0.35 0.33 0.37 0.37 üü +5
0.20 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.20 0.21 üü +5
0.14 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.14 üü +1 m
4.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 üü +2
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 üü +1 m
0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 üü +0 m
40 36 38 36 39 39 üü +3
9 8 8 8 9 9 üü +7

44 40 42 38 44 42 üü -1
361 303 338 296 345 354 üü +5
105 91 99 87 101 101 üü +2
0.34 0.31 0.33 0.31 0.35 0.34 üü +3
1.63 1.46 1.57 1.44 1.60 1.62 üü +3

43.7 43.0 43.5 43.0 43.7 44.1

13.1 13.0 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.4
18.3 17.9 18.1 17.9 18.3 18.5
9.2 9.0 9.1 8.9 9.1 9.2
40.1 41.0 40.3 40.8 40.2 39.6
9.7 10.9 10.1 10.8 10.2 9.0
16.2 16.1 16.3 16.2 16.2 16.3

12 11 11 11 12 12
11 10 11 10 11 11
20 18 20 18 20 20
10 10 10 10 11 11
12 11 12 11 13 14
13 12 13 12 13 13
11 10 10 10 11 11
22 20 21 20 22 22
12 11 11 11 12 12
25 22 23 22 24 24
13 12 12 12 13 13
32 30 31 30 32 31
28 25 27 25 27 27
43 39 41 38 42 44
21 19 21 19 21 22
23 21 22 21 23 24
17 15 16 14 17 17