- Packed lunches are back on the beach, in the mountains or by the lake with the desire to keep the distance for the progress of summer infections. Even if preferences change with a majority of 29% of Italians who bring rice, chicken or seafood salad and just 6% the classic lasagna. This is what emerges from the Coldiretti / Ixè survey which traced the ranking of the packed menus of Italians at the time of Covid with the need for security but also the impossibility of sitting at the table indoors for those who do not have the green pass.
"At the top of the preferences for lunchtime under the umbrella there is - underlines Coldiretti - the rice or chicken or sea salad, followed by the fruit salad with 18% and the caprese based on mozzarella and tomato which is a must for 16% of the so-called "fagottari". But among the favorite dishes - continues Coldiretti - there are also the most rooted recipes of the popular tradition from the vegetable or pasta omelette (9%) to the parmigiana (7 %) up to meatballs (4%). Attention to diet and physical fitness - continues Coldiretti - has become a goal of Italians even on holidays, also to recover the extra pounds accumulated due to the restrictive measures and the long stay at home imposed by the lockdown.
The climate trend is also encouraging the consumption of light and fresh foods with summer 2021 which has so far ranked in Italy in the top ten of the hottest for over two centuries ", according to Coldiretti's analysis based on the bank. data Isac Cnr. (ANSA).