Daily Mail·United Kingdom·Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The truth about Britain's CHICKEN obsession: In 1958, it was a luxury only 1 per cent of us ate. Now we consume 1.1BILLION of the birds a year. So why ARE we so addicted - and where does it REALLY come from?
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Chicken is the No 1 meat in the UK, by a country mile. The incursion of chicken shops on high streets is proof enough, and figures show the average adult eats 189g of it each week at home.