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  • The UK has the seventh highest consumption of chocolate in the world.  The average Brit eats 17.49lbs of chocolate per year (Source: The World Atlas of Chocolate).  Switzerland takes the top spot.  40% of the chocolate eaten in the world is consumed in Europe.
  • 66% of chocolate is consumed between meals with 22% of all chocolate consumed between 8pm and midnight (Source: The World Atlas of Chocolate).
  • Britain really is a nation of chocolate lovers.  In Britain we eat an estimated 660,900 tonnes of chocolate a year, an average of 11kg per person per year.  This equates to about 3 bars a week.
  • The UK chocolate industry is worth £3.6billion (Source: Speciality Food, 2008) and sales of chocolate just keep growing and growing, with an estimated 17% increase in sales over the next five years.
  • 8,000 new chocolate products were introduced worldwide last year – meaning that a new chocolate treat was launched almost every hour of every day in 2008 (Source: Mintel Global New Products Database, February 2009).
  • In two years (2005 – 2007) sales of chocolate doubled in the UK.  And the biggest growth was in dark chocolate.  Sales in 2007 reached £85m (Source: Mintel, April 2010).