Summary
This report presents the key findings from the Food and You 2 Wave 8 survey carried out in Scotland. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been running the survey in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2020. In Wave 8, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) collaborated with the FSA to enable, for the first time, a sample of consumers in Scotland to be included in the survey. Food and You 2 measures consumers’ self-reported knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to food safety and other food issues amongst adults across the UK.
Fieldwork for Food and You 2 Wave 8 was conducted between 12 October 2023 and 8 January 2024. A total of 1,377 adults (aged 16 years or over) from 954 households across Scotland completed the survey.
This report focuses on eating at home and food safety practices, eating out and ordering takeaways, concerns about food, food allergies and intolerances, sustainable diets and meat alternatives and genetic technologies.
Further information about the Food and You 2 survey and findings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland are available on the Food Standards Agency website.
Food and You 2 Survey Wave 8: key findings updated 25 February 2025
