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AS IF WE needed to be told, global figures show Irish people really love chocolate.
So much so that an average person eats 16.3 pounds of it every year. 16.3 pounds.
That’s the same weight in chocolate as the brain of a sperm whale or two human newborns – or 16 guinea pigs.
As the chart below shows, we are among the biggest chocolate consumers in the world, surpassed only by the Swiss – the chocolate masters – and the Germans.
Our neighbours in the United Kingdom are on par with us, also consuming an average of 16.3 pounds of chocolate per person each year.
Anyone going to the shop?
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So your saying there’s room for improvement? For the sake of national pride I WILL consume more chocolate. Ireland No 1. Come on people of Ireland we can do this!
That’s only 3.25 Twirls a week. Surely we can eat the fourth one.
That would be a result of all the clouds n rain
The Belgians don’t make the top 10? Curious
Americans way down the list. This is for one reason and one reason only. Hershey’s is kak.
You can feel the sugar granules in your mouth. It’s atrocious shit.
I avoid posting on this website, but I have to agree that Hershey’s is terrible.
And because there is way too much choice in America so they are eating a little bit of everything…and not a lot of one thing. The reality of having infinite options.
Very surprising seeing as since Mondelēz International, Inc took over Cadbury’s they have been producing pure muck which could barely be classed as Chocolate.
I can understand the Swiss being the top as they are famous for producing real chocolate though!
You’re right. I’ve had to switch from Cadburys to Lidl chocolate. They have a white chocolate and strawberry flavoured on that goes down well with a pint of freezing cold full fat milk. Cant have chocolate without a pint of cold full fat milk.
Aldi chocolate is lovely
Why the picture of the fat kid?There are 1000 fat women for every fat man.
Sinlacasa. You are posting pure crap. Was at a dinner last weekend and nearly every middle aged man and over had stomachs hanging over their trousers. Women may have bigger asses but men have bigger bellies.
Cadburys Flake will be my death.
Chocolate is made from cocoa, which come from a plant, so I’m definitely counting it as at least one of my 5 a day.
(Green and Blacks or Lindt 85% is the best, though lidl 70% with caramel pieces is excellent.)
Was in a chocolate museum in cologne last week, t’was fab!
My cologne smells like chocolate. The amount of times I’ve been tempted to spray it directly into my mouth….Lynx have a lot to answer to.
Be the look of what I saw on the streets today as I was out and about, we probably have the third fattest arses on the planet. Could there be some sort of correlation?
Joint turd with England!!! I blame Cadburys!!;)
The phrase “joint turd” suggests so many unpleasant images….
The result of chocolate with laxatives I think.
I blame the cannabis.
I admit I eat choc because it makes me to feel good….
I can see why the Swiss are first as their chocolate is to die for. Yum yum
Hence why the nation is getting fatter by the minute!
I’m a qualified scientician and I can assure you that there is no fat in chocolate
Sugar (carbohydrate) is the cause of the problems and chocolate has plenty of it.
Nonsense. The sugars in chocolate actually break down fat. That, plus the fact it’s full of vitamins and minerals make chocolate the ideal superfood. I know what I’m talking about here, I’m an expert in chocolate
Tweety, there is a huge amount of cocoa fat in chocolate, the better quality the chocolate the more fat. If it wasn’t for the fat chocolate would never detach from the molds.
I’m afraid you are mistaken David. Cocoa fats are a myth. I’ve consumed my own body weight in chocolate every week for many years and I’m as healthy as a butchers dog.
Tweety, you better tell Stef Aerts he is wrong then. I trained under him. Belcolade’s chief chocolatier .
Who are people going to believe? An experienced scientician like myself or a chocolatiers apprentice?
tweety, luvvit! :-D
No arguing with Tom Cruise is there, it’s mission impossible.
I’m with you Tweety. What would a chocolatier’s apprentice know? And yes, after much research I can only agree that chocolate is, indeed, one of our five a day. Beef is also one of our five a day, being merely converted grass. And….sugar comes from either cane or beet, ergo another one of the famous five.
This dietary lark is really quite simple, once you think clearly about it. I’m sure we could compile a comprehensive list without too much effort. Please feel free to add one to the list, but you must give your reasoning.
A word of warning, your proposal must have some nutritional value. Saying “Car tyres are made from rubber, rubber comes from trees” would obviously be silly, whereas pizza, although a composite, would have merit for obvious reasons. Is milk a five a day? Do you really have to ask?
Over to you.
I’m surprised the Belgians are not up there, they too have great chocolate, Leonidas is sooooo good.
I would still eat well over that
joint 3rd*
giant turd lol
Wealthy first countries eat more chocolate shocker…
I make the stuff here, not this weather mind, it’s to damned hot. I use the best of Belgian chocolate, for chocolates, and figures. Covature, which i make now, for cake decoration. Surprising how sick of it you get when you have to make it!
Dave, I worked for a time with the outfit who manufactured Toblerone (when we still manufactured stuff here). What with our youth, the low pay, and our fondness for drink many of us subsisted on Toblerone for lunch – five days a week. I heartily concur with your assessment!
That post just reminded me of the brown sauce thing in Intermission haha
Cant beat Lindt Swiss chocolate. That US company that owns cadbury owns Toblerone as well so it will probably end up being manufactured in Poland and the Quilty will suffer.
Bring back the pink Snack bar and we will be no.1!
Cadburys Mint Crisp ; the thinking mans dairy milk.
Why are people red thumbing the obvious answers. Stop eating chocolate you fat b@stards
Lads i went to school with most of them look terrible .Bellies hanging out,fat and old looking now.Too much chocolate?
Time and old age maybe?
Wow, thought for sure I’d be first #Ilovetoblerone
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