Do you prefer your OJ with bits or no bits? Your crusts on or off? Your eggs sunny side up or over easy?

The research released today by innocent uncovers some of the nation’s unusual breakfast eating habits… Did you know that a quarter of Brits won’t touch cereal that’s gone soggy? 15% say they won’t touch orange juice with bits in while 7% say they wouldn’t consider drinking it without.

‘Bits aversion’ is not just about drinks either - a further 7% leave the bits in jam and marmalade, the same percentage insist on toast with the crusts cut off.

More than 1 in 7 of us demand matching cutlery but perhaps weirdest of all, well over half a million of us won’t eat anything at all if it’s served on a patterned plate…!

It seems that our food quirks don’t change over time, either. 93% of us say that our eating and drinking habits have remained the same as they were in childhood.

Cilla Black once revealed a fondness for segments of orange dunked in raw Oxo cubes. Are we just a nation of oddball eaters?

Nutritionist Shilpee Mehrothra comments: It seems that the UK has some quite unusual eating habits at breakfast time, but what is great to see is that people are taking the time each morning to eat breakfast, as this gives you that vital energy that you need first thing for your body and brain.

Re-hydrating yourself after a long night’s sleep is important too. A boost of fruit is just what the doctor ordered, to give your morning feast of pastries, eggs or soggy cereal an injection of vitamins and to help you meet your target of 5 pieces of fruit and vegetables a day.

For more information visit www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/oj

Aren’t folk funny! I guess we all have our little quirks, I know lots of people with a ‘bits aversion’ but personally I don’t mind them, whether it’s in OJ, marmalade or yogurts. I do however have to have my toast ‘just so’, not too light not too dark and when it comes to eggs - no runny stuff thank you! I bet you’ve got your own quirks when it comes to breakfast, I’d love to hear them.

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