A timely survey for Candlemas!
The CSA Institute has just unveiled an online study carried out at the end of 2023 for Cultures Sucre - an association which brings together sugar beet growers and French sugar manufacturers -, among 2019 individuals representative of the French, on their favorite desserts and those they prefer. are the most attached.
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The big winner is the crepe, ahead of the fruit tartlet, the brownie, the clafoutis and the tiramisu.
The Breton specialty ranks first in 8 out of 12 metropolitan regions - only Hauts-de-France and Centre-Val-de-Loire prefer the brownie, Burgundy-Franche-Comté the clafoutis and the Grand-Est the tart. fruits.
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Another regional specificity is that it is in its regions of origin, Brittany and Pays-de-la-Loire, that this low-cost recipe is most successful (35% and 30% of the votes).
The crepe wins the votes of all social categories (CSP+, employees, workers).
Disparities according to ages
The wheat disk, however, appeals less to young people (18-24 years), who favor two American cakes, the brownie then the cookie, and seniors (over 50 years), fans of the more traditional fruit tarts, clafoutis and baba au rum.
The survey also indicates "a very strong attachment to desserts and regional specialties": 67% of French people say they are attached to desserts from their region of origin or childhood, 2 out of 3 say they prepare them regularly, 8 out of 10 like discover local sweet specialties during their holidays or weekends.
Here too, certain regional disparities emerge: Brittany is the region most attached to its sweet heritage (81%) and Île-de-France the least (55%).