Wales’ most beloved school dinner favourites: What takes the top spot

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Retro School Dinners Brits Wish Would Make a Comeback

A new study by Alliance Online finds the most missed childhood favourites

Whether you loved them or loathed them, childhood school dinners are a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

To reminisce on what school dinner Brits miss the most, a new study from Alliance Online has ranked the top 30 school dinner favourites, according to how many Brits are still pining for them, to see if there are differentiating trends around the UK.

Trifle came out on top as the most memorable school dinner staple, with 33,100 Brits searching every month.

This is closely followed by rice pudding in second place and pinella upside-down cake in third, both boasting 27,100 monthly searches across the UK.

Despite them being banned for almost 20 years, the renowned turkey twizzlers rank ninth for what Brits miss the most, with 12,100 Brits still searching for them.

Even though square pizza is the 10th most popular school dinner staple across the UK, it ranks as number one in Wales.

Rank

School dinner food

*UK Searches

*Searches in England

*Searches in Scotland

*Searches in Wales

*Searches in Northern Ireland

1

Trifle

33,100

27,100

1,000

1,900

590

2

Rice pudding

27,100

22,200

1,000

1,600

390

3

Pineapple upside-down cake

27,100

22,200

1,000

1,600

320

4

Jam roly poly

22,200

18,100

720

1,300

390

5

Arctic roll

18,100

18,000

880

1,000

260

6

Cornflake tart

18,100

14,800

880

880

320

7

Angel Delight

18,100

14,800

590

320

320

8

Fish fingers

14,800

12,100

480

720

260

9

Turkey twizzlers

12,100

12,100

390

590

110

10

Square pizza

12,100

9,900

480

590

110

11

Manchester tart

12,100

9,900

720

260

50

12

Lancashire hotpot

12,100

9,900

390

880

170

13

Viennetta

9,900

9,900

210

260

40

14

Gypsy tart

9,900

8,100

1,900

140

30

15

Potato waffles

9,900

8,100

390

880

320

16

Chocolate concrete

8,100

8,100

140

140

30

17

Semolina pudding

8,100

6,600

260

720

170

18

Turkey dinosaurs

5,400

4,400

260

390

110

19

Spam fritters

5,400

4,400

140

320

40

20

Iced bun

5,400

4,400

210

210

70

21

Spaghetti hoops

4,400

3,600

170

320

140

22

Caramel cake

3,600

2,900

110

480

50

23

Sponge pudding

2,900

2,900

110

170

20

24

Cheese pie

2,900

2,900

110

140

20

25

Fruit jelly

2,900

2,400

110

170

40

26

Pink custard

2,400

1,900

210

140

70

27

Alphabetti spaghetti

1,900

1,900

140

110

40

28

Coconut jam cake

1,900

1,600

70

140

40

29

Mint custard

1,600

1,600

30

30

10

30

Potato smiles

1,000

880

40

90

20

*Searches are based on the average monthly searches in each nation.

Commenting on the findings, Rachael Kiss from Alliance Online said:

“Our study shows just how much school dinners continue to cause up a stir across the UK and that they have such an imprint on our childhood. It has been eye-opening to see the regional differences of school dinner foods across the UK and how foods translate north-south and across each nation.”

Alliance Online have conducted this study to highlight what school dinner staples are missed the most across the UK. If your school is looking for catering supplies, check out Alliance Online’s range of products here.

For more information, please visit their blog post on the topic here.


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