Samosa most binged snack of 2021; biryani top dish: Swiggy report

The common-or-garden samosa is India’s “most binged snack” of 2021 with about 50 lakh orders, topping the listing of essentially the most ordered meals throughout the yr, in line with meals ordering and supply platform Swiggy. Coming a distant second within the prime meals orders of the yr listing was pav bhaji and gulab jamun with 21 lakh orders every, as per the sixth annual ‘StatEATstics report’ by Swiggy.

The love for ‘desi samosa’ was mirrored in the truth that it was ordered “six occasions greater than hen wings”.

“Probably the most binged snack of the yr was the Samosa with about 5 million orders on Swiggy…,” it mentioned in a press release.

When it got here to India’s prime dishes in 2021, the StatEATstics report discovered biryani to be the undisputed dish, topping the charts for the sixth yr in a row.

“In 2020, 90 Biryanis have been ordered per minute and in 2021, India ordered 115 Biryanis per minute, or 2 Biryanis per second,” Swiggy mentioned, including hen biryani was ordered 4.3 occasions greater than the vegetarian counterpart.

Curiously, over 4.25 lakh new customers made their Swiggy debut by ordering a hen biryani, it added.

The StatEATstics report relies on orders obtained by Swiggy for meals supply, grocery on Instamart, decide up and drop service Swiggy Genie and HealthHub platforms between January and December 2021.

Grocery platform Instamart delivered over 28 million packs of vegatables and fruits alone in 2021.

Tomatoes, bananas, onions, potatoes, and inexperienced chilies have been the highest 5 fruits and veggies delivered in beneath Half-hour, it mentioned.

So far as instantaneous indulgence was involved, Swiggy mentioned 14 lakh packets of instantaneous noodles, 31 lakh packets of chocolate and 23 lakh tubs of ice lotions have been delivered.

With COVID-19 nonetheless round, the struggle towards the virus continued with 1 lakh masks and over 4 lakh soaps and handwashes ordered on-line throughout the yr, it added.

The yr additionally noticed deliveries of over 70,000 packs of band-aid, 55,000 packs of diapers and three lakh packs of sanitary napkins in 15-Half-hour, as per the report.

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