This report presents the key findings from the Food and You 2 Wave 10 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 10, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) collaborated with the FSA to enable 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 10 was conducted between 9 October 2024 and 7 February 2025. For Wave 10 in Scotland a total of 1,331 adults (aged 16 years or over) from 911 households across Scotland completed the survey.
This report focuses on eating at home and food safety practices, eating out and ordering takeaways and other issues, such as confidence in food, food concerns, changes to eating habits and food-related behaviours and food allergies and intolerances.