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Britain's Favourite Sandwich Revealed: It's Not The BLT

Britain's Favourite Sandwich Is Revealed and It's Not The BLT
Natasha Preskey
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We thought it was a truth universally acknowledged that the BLT was the nation's favourite sandwich. Apparently, we thought wrong.

We Brits love a good sarnie so much that we bought 3.5 billion of them in the last year alone, with a total spend of £7.5 billion.

A 2013 poll by experts at the British Sandwich Association (yes, it's a thing) found that bacon, lettuce and tomato was Britain's favourite filling but now the BSA has combed the nation's supermarkets to find the UK's most-bought sandwiches, settling the matter once and for all.

Great Britain's Favorite Sandwiches
9th - Tuna and sweetcorn(01 of09)
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Tuna may not be a crowd-pleaser to rival bacon but Britain still consumes 6,250 tonnes of it in sandwiches each year.
8th - Southern fried chicken(02 of09)
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This is chicken's first appearance of four in the sandwich hall of fame...
7th - Chicken and stuffing(03 of09)
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Around 31% of all sandwiches sold in the UK contain chicken but the addition of stuffing gives this sarnie the power to transport you back to Sunday roast, even on a rainy Wednesday afternoon.
6th - Egg and cress(04 of09)
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A tenth of sandwiches we buy contain egg and we consumed 14,000 tonnes of the filling this year, 100 tonnes more than in 2013.
5th - Ploughman's(05 of09)
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Ploughman's may be the only filling in the top nine to feature cheese but it is still the second most popular sandwich component after chicken - we get through 16,000 tonnes of it in our sarnies each year.
4th - Chicken salad(06 of09)
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Brits eat 43,000 tonnes of chicken in sandwiches each year, the most of any sandwich component.
3rd - Bacon, lettuce and tomato(07 of09)
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How much bacon does it take to satisfy the nation's cravings? Seven thousand tonnes in our sandwiches alone, according to the British Sandwich Association.
2nd - Prawn mayonnaise(08 of09)
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Despite prawn mayo narrowly missing out on the top spot, Brits can't get enough of this fishy favourite. We get through 6,250 tonnes of prawns in our sarnies each year.
1st - Chicken and bacon (09 of09)
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We take your lettuce and tomato and we raise you chicken. What's not to like? Good choice UK.

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