This is how they eat here: Tnuva reveals the eating habits of Israelis (Photo: ShutterStock)
On the eve of the 75th Independence Day of the State of Israel, Tnuva presents "Israel's Great Food Survey" which presented a broad and fascinating picture of the consumer behavior and eating habits of Israelis at home and abroad.
2 out of 3 Israelis make sure to eat at least two meals a day, 42% do not include vegetables in their meals on a daily basis and 76% want to lose weight, but only 43% have really been on a diet in the last two years, according to the "Israel's Largest Food Survey", so According to a survey published this week by the Tnuva company.
The study, led by Tnuva in collaboration with the KANTAR Research Institute, is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind that examines the eating habits and nutrition of the public in Israel for the first time.
The survey was conducted at the end of March before Passover in a representative sample of over 1,000 adult Israelis (over 18), representing the Jewish sector.
A similar survey will be conducted among the Arab sector after the month of Ramadan and will be published soon.
Asisirailoff and his daughter Jordana in an advertisement for Tnuva (Photo: Tnuva)
52% eat Friday dinner among the nuclear family
Eat at least two meals a day
- half of Israelis skip breakfast.
Israelis eat well.
Two out of three Israelis make sure to eat at least two meals a day, with about a third eating two meals and another third even three meals a day.
However, a relatively high rate of 42% do not include vegetables in meals on a daily basis.
The least popular meal: Half skip breakfast.
what will you drink
Water
- most of the Israelis' cold drinks (78% of cold drinks) is water.
Furthermore, 36.5% of Israelis drink only water on an average day.
41% will combine sugar-sweetened drinks during the day.
Eating with the family but in front of the screens
- 90% eat shared meals with all family members at least once a week and about 60% manage to eat together at least twice a week.
More than half eat the Friday dinner with the nuclear family (52.6%) and about a third with the extended family (32%).
The television and the telephone have become regular guests at meals for many, with a quarter of us eating in front of the television (25.7%) and about a third using the telephone during the meal (32.4%).
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Eating with the family but also in front of the screens (Photo: Tnuva)
43% eat out at least once a week
They like to cook, but also to eat out
- Israelis definitely like to cook, with 89% of women testifying that they cook at least once a week compared to 64% of men.
When it comes to cooking every day, only 15% of women and 8% of men cook that often.
Israelis not only cook but also eat out a lot.
43% of the public eats out at least once a week.
23% of Israelis order takeaway from restaurants at least once a week.
Want to lose weight:
35% want to lose up to 5 kg, a quarter of Israelis want to lose more than 10 kg,
76% of us want to lose weight, while 35% would like to lose 1-5 kilos;
About 19% want to lose 6-10 kg and about a fifth want to lose over 10 kg.
In practice, only 43% testified that they have dieted in the last two years, with 32% trying at least one of the trendy diets (no carbohydrates, intermittent fasting such as 16/8, gluten-free or paleo/ketogenic)
Falafel is the most Israeli food, but steak is the most desirable food (Photo: ShutterStock)
Moroccan cuisine is the most loved
Falafel
is the most Israeli food, but
steak
is the most desired food - falafel is the food perceived as the most Israeli (40.6%), followed by, by a wide margin,
hummus and bamba
(13.5%, 10% respectively).
On the other hand, the most desired food by Israeli men, given that there is no restriction of calories or health, is actually steak (about 24%) followed by
shawarma
(20% of men).
Among the women, the craving for steak and shawarma is lower, although it is noticeable (12% of women each) and there is also a craving for pizza (10% of women) and sweet pastries (10%). The most favorite cuisines of Israelis are
Israeli
cuisine (about 29%) and Italian ( about 28%).
And with regard to ethnic foods, the eastern foods lead with the most favorite Moroccan cuisine (50.4%) followed by Iraqi cuisine (32%).
Michal Betzer, head of the marketing department in the milk division in Tnuva (photo: Rami Zarnagar)
Michal Betzer, head of the marketing division in the milk division at Tnuva
said "Tnuva is the largest food company in Israel that has existed for nearly 100 years, and as such it forms a significant part of the daily diet and food security of the public in Israel. About 4 million Tnuva products are marketed every day, in tens of thousands of outlets Sale. The variety of brands in the Tnuva group allows us to reach the refrigerator of every resident of the State of Israel, and to get to know the taste of the Israeli consumer up close."
"The purpose of the survey was to identify key behaviors in the food consumption of the Israeli consumer, which will allow professionals and the general public to understand how we eat. As the national food company, which follows trends in the field of food and cooking, and accompanies consumers in Israel since the establishment of the state, we chose to publish the survey on the eve of Independence Day The 75th of the State of Israel, and to present a broad and fascinating picture of the consumer behavior and eating habits of Israelis at home and abroad," Betzer said.
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