Ice cream almost doubles in UK food diaries from February to July

Key findings

The share of UK ParrotPal members logging ice cream or a lolly rose from 16.6% in February to 32.1% in July 2026. Soup moved the other way, from 23.9% to 9.3%.

The food diary has seasons. Ice cream climbed every month from February (16.6%) to July (32.1%), while soup fell by more than half.

Published 10 October 2026 · Data 1 February 2026 to 31 August 2026 · Free to use with credit

32.1%of members logged ice cream in July

Ice cream and lollies, by month

Share of that month’s members

Source: ParrotPal, parrotpal.com/data/ice-cream-by-month/ · CC BY 4.0

Spring had its own spike: Mini Eggs peaked at 6.1% of members in March and hot cross buns at 10.0%. Iced coffee tripled from 4.1% in February to 12.2% in July.

Strawberries peaked in summer too (26.7% in July against 15.4% in February), as did watermelon (9.4% in July).

Each month’s share is of members who logged anything that month. Fewer members logged in summer, so read the shape rather than small steps.

What this means

Food diaries follow the calendar: Easter chocolate in spring, ice cream, strawberries and iced coffee in summer.

The figures

The figures in the chart
Month	Share of that month's members
February	16.6%
March	18.4%
April	21.6%
May	28.1%
June	29.4%
July	32.1%
August	27.0%

Method in brief. UK ParrotPal members’ anonymised food diaries, 1 February to 31 August 2026 (members whose app is set to UK time; internal accounts and deleted entries left out). A share is the share of members in the group who logged the item at least once, so it counts people, not entries. Monthly shares are of members who logged any food that month.

Aggregates only: every group shown has 50 or more members and no share rests on fewer than 10. Patterns in what members logged, not causes. who’s counted · the 50/10 rule · logged isn’t eaten · how foods are named and counted.

Full report: What Britain logs.

Questions people ask

When do people eat the most ice cream?

In ParrotPal food diaries, July: 32.1% of members logged ice cream or a lolly.

When do Mini Eggs peak?

March, at 6.1% of members.

Does the whole year show?

This covers February to August 2026; the diary data after August isn’t in yet.

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Free to use with credit and a link to the source page. The figures and chart are licensed CC BY 4.0.

Credit line

Source: ParrotPal food diary data, parrotpal.com/data/ice-cream-by-month/

Citation

ParrotPal (2026). Ice cream almost doubles in UK food diaries from February to July. ParrotPal Data. https://parrotpal.com/data/ice-cream-by-month/. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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<figure><img src="https://parrotpal.com/data/ice-cream-by-month/chart.svg" alt="Ice cream and lollies, by month: chart by ParrotPal" width="760" style="max-width:100%;height:auto" /><figcaption>Source: <a href="https://parrotpal.com/data/ice-cream-by-month/">ParrotPal food diary data</a> (CC BY 4.0)</figcaption></figure>

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