Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. A poll of 2,000 adults revealed the most popular type of the breakfast staple, with 52 per cent admitting to being ‘fussy’. More than a fifth (22 per cent) go as far as saying the way someone likes theirs can reflect deeper things about their personality.
Advertisement Advertisement Just eight per cent like their slices ‘well done’ with a deeply browned finish, while 15 per cent would opt for a lightly toasted effort. More than a third (35 per cent) reckon toast ‘tastes better’ when cut into rectangles – the most popular shape – with triangles coming second (32 per cent). While 78 per cent believe toast is an essential part of a full English breakfast, with 19 per cent often using it as a ‘breakwater’ to stop other items touching.
Chris Seaby, who heads up breakfast menu development at Premier Inn, which serves up more than 22 million breakfasts a year and commissioned the research, said: “Brits love a cooked breakfast and as our research shows, toast is clearly a staple. Advertisement Advertisement “Millions of pieces are tucked into each day and people are very particular about their ideal slice. “From the bread choice to the level of toasting, through to what we put on top of it, toast preferences are very individual, which is why it is so important to offer a good variet.
