The proportion of Danes who only cook dinner at home has decreased from 55% in 2015 to 48% in 2018. At the same time, the number of Danes who spend less than 15 minutes in the kitchen when eating dinner has increased from 26% to 32% in three years. We also spend significantly fewer minutes on weekend dinners, which the Danes tend to spend the most time on. That’s backed up by new data from Madkultur18, Madkulturen’s annual survey mapping the eating habits of Danes. The survey also shows that more and more Danes are cooking dinner with prepared food products. At the same time, our consumption of prepared foods and takeaways is increasing.
Loss of flexibility when cooking
“The survey shows that Danish cooking should be increasingly simple and quick. However, as we spend less time on it, we risk gradually losing both demand and The ability to cook from scratch. The scary situation is that in a few generations we won’t need a kitchen anymore, because all our meals will probably be prepared for us,” said Judith Kyst, director. Madkulturen said.
She points out that the survey shows that Danes value home-cooked meals:
“We’re happier with a meal when it’s homemade, we expect it to taste better, and we also perceive it to be healthier when it’s completely homemade. So when meals Food becomes processed, we lose some of the joy of eating, and we also lose some of the control over how healthy the meal is,” said Judith Kyst.
Children add to the kitchen
Despite the disappointing figures regarding Danish cooking, there are some measures of optimism to suggest. Minister of Atmosphere and Food, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (V), highlighted the results of the survey on an increase from 8% in 2015 to 12% in 2018 in the number of children contributing to their own meals. Dinner cooked at home:
“It’s good to see more and more children getting involved in cooking. It’s important that we give future generations the courage and need to cook. The federal government has focused on providing informing children’s main meals in our meals, food and health care techniques, and so we are optimistic that there is a model in that direction”, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen said.
Madkultur18 also points out that despite the debate about the weather and the many meat alternatives, Danes still ate meat for dinner as often in 2018 as they did in 2015. the most is rye bread, and this is still true in 2015.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION
Madkultur18 is the brand new title for Madkulturen’s annual survey of Danish meals and eating habits, formerly known as Madindeks. The theme of this year’s survey is cooking, where we address needs and abilities in the kitchen. We asked the Danes what they eat for dinner, who cooks the meals and how long they spend doing it. Madkultur18 is a repeat of Madkulturen’s survey from 2015, so we can see how Danish food culture is evolving. The study was carried out in collaboration with the Epinion evaluation institute.