Valentine’s Day is congratulated as a day to respect love and connections in many countries around the world.
Beyond flowers and sincere gestures, food plays a big role in how people enjoy this day.
The other parts of the world, from chocolate snacks to wonderful meals, celebrate Valentine’s Day in a unique way.
This blog jumps into the food trend found in MyfitnessPal Food Log data, showing how people in other cultures celebrate their love for food.
How to collect data
MyFitnesspal’s business intelligence team has been looking at food exhibits from January 2020 to today.
They were widely congratulated on February 14 and focused on countries that compared the food logs with regular daily items.
Based on this data, the country that discovered the trend of Valentine’s Day food that we can notice is as follows.
What people eat in the country
US: Sweet snacks and luxurious dishes
Naturally, Valentine’s Day food log focused on indulgence.
Strawberries covered with chocolate stole the spotlight. This beloved snack has a surge of 4,612%on February 14, which is a major feature of Valentine’s celebrations.
Peanut butter hearts and brownie dough donuts were followed, and each of them increased by 2,400% in food logs.
But it is not sweets that increased consumption in Valentine’s Day.
Luxurious meals have been especially surge in lobster tail dishes and more than 1,000% compared to other days on February 14.
This expensive shellfish are often considered delicacy. It shows that Americans will indulge in loved ones in special cases like Valentine’s Day.
In the United States, heart -shaped snacks are still a symbol of classic love, and items such as chocolate hearts and dialogue hearts also rise.
Canada: Heart -shaped congratulations
Canadian Valentine’s Day Trends reflect the southern neighbors. Strawberries covered with chocolate led the item that increased 3,418% on Love Day according to our data.
Many Canadians also congratulated the heart -shaped sweets (symbols of eternal love and romance) on February 14.
This snack is one of the most recorded Valentine’s Day indulgence in the country.
- Chocolate Heart (+3,250%)
- Cinnamon Heart Candy (+1,500%)
- Heart -shaped sugar cookie (+1,200%)
The lobster tail is also greatly characterized. Logs on this shellfish increase more than 1,000%, representing Canadians’ joint audits for Valentine’s Day dinner.
UK: Luxurious taste and inspired indulgence
The British also embraced the Valentine’s Day necessities of strawberries covered with chocolate, and logs increased 3,133%.
But the British also showed love for flavorful indulgence, with 2,675% more potatoes on Valentine’s Day.
Like the potatoes, the potatoes are rich and comfortable, like Au Gratin and Gachi. It is made of thinly sliced potatoes, cheese and cream.
This side is paired with beef Wellington, which has emerged as the best main dish, increasing food records by 1,940%. This dish, which is famous for its rich and high quality beef cuts, is often booked in special cases.
Obviously, the British people enjoy a luxury meal on Valentine’s Day.
Other notable trends according to our data include the French Pastry Tower, which is filled with cream and covered with chocolate sauce, and TARTE AU CITRON and TANGY LEMON TART.
This popular French and Italian dessert show the influence of other European culture on the Valentine’s Day celebration.
Ireland: Sweet and healthy indulgence
In Ireland, Valentine’s Day indulgence has brought about interesting changes, mixing modern and healthy treatments and classic romantic favorites.
According to our data, sweet carrot side dishes stole the show and increased 2,550%on February 14.
Nevertheless, chocolate remained the best competitor. Snacks covered with chocolate increased 2,200%, including strawberries covered with chocolate, and the food log increased 1,800%.
Spicy hearts and chocolate truffles were one of the most romantic snacks in the United States.
Surprisingly, snacks full of protein have become popular in Valentine’s Day.
Salted caramel protein yogurt, toppings with toppings and peach orange high protein yogurt drinks have risen sharply. This shows the transition to a healthier indulgence.
Australia: Modern twist in traditional favorite places
Australian food logging trends around Valentine’s Day were not noticeable as in other countries, but some snacks were prominent.
The farthest food was hot cross bread. It is a spicy sweet bread that started in England.
But this noticeable food has a twist in Australia. This hot cross bread is filled with caramel shoes in Biskov Spread.
The modern style of traditional hot cross bread gained great popularity on February 14, with a surge of 1133% of logs on February 14.
Therefore, hot cross bread, filled with biscoff, is usually a res Easter snack in Australia, but Valentine’s Day seems to be the favorite.
In addition, as in other countries, strawberries covered with chocolate were a popular Valentine trute treatment in Australia. The consumption of this day increased by 967%, adding new touch to romantic celebrations.
South Africa: Limitory Marmallo Snack
Marshmallow snacks in South Africa appear to be essential for Valentine’s Day celebration.
Marshmallow Pay brought spotlights to 1,586% according to our data, making it the most recorded indulgence of today.
Other favorites that have increased by more than 1,000% include chocolate hearts full of mallow and Sweetie or Cutie Pies. This “pie” is a symbolic dessert made of wafer, marshmallow and chocolate.
South African people also accepted classic Valentine’s Day snacks. This includes strawberries covered with chocolate (+1,500%) and red velvet cupcake (+824%).
Italy: Rich chocolate and fried joy
In Italy, MUGCAKE ruled Valentine’s Day celebration. This single serving dessert’s food log has been shown to have increased 4,200% on this day.
Inspired by the carnival, the deep fried tempura was another highlight of the festival tradition and romantic celebration.
This crispy sweets were one of the most popular indulgence.
- Pride Teeth Fire (Pride Sweet Confectionery Strip) (+1,467%)
- Castagnole (fried dough ball) (+1,279%)
- Frappe di carnevale (fried fresh sweets ribbon) (+1,200%)
Classical Italian favorites also settled in their place. SANGUINACCIO (Sweet Blood Chocolate Pudding) increased by 1,350% on Valentine’s Day, while Baci Perugina Fondentissimo (Dark Chocolate Kisses) rose 1,200%.
The chocolate seems to remain a symbol of love in Italy with fried pastry and rich desserts.
Other notable countries (AZ)
- Algeria: Chocolate Cream B û Le (3800%)
- American Samoa: Ice Apple Cake (23,200%)
- Argentina: Red Velvet (1167%)
- Austria: Fine Hearts (1,833%), I Love Milka Pralines (1,400%), Macaroons (1,300%), I like Milka Pralines Strawberry Cream (1,200%).
- Bulgaria: Fine Heart Chocolate (3,450%), herb cooking ham (2,050%), Ferrero Rocher Balls (1,667%), SCITEC Chocolate Peanut (1,500%)
- Denmark: BATTELAVN BUN (2,350%), Praline Nougat Heart (1,443%)
- Indonesia: Light Cheesecake (1,250%)
- malaysia: German cookies (1,050%), high -end chocolate cakes (1,050%)
- Netherlands: Hazelnut creme pralines (1,600%), nonnevot (bow -shaped donuts) (950%)
- New Zealand: Raffaello (Coconut-Almond Truffle) (925%), Choc Cross Bun Block (900%), Caramel Square (880%)
- Norway: Shrovetide bun (rolled bread filled with jam with whipped cream) (6,867%), SEMLA (Sweden Cream Roll) (4,900%), Lum Cake (1,657%), Whipped Cream, (1,191%), and Menuett Marzipan Cake (1,150% )
- Pakistan: Chocolate -covered sweets (4,900%)
- Peru: Shardon Wine (2,750%), Marshmallow (2,750%)
- Philippine Islands: TOBLERONE (1,750%)
- Poland: Lindor Truffle Box or BAG (4,900%), Wild Boar (3,773%), Belgian Chocolate Shells (2,350%), and salted caramel cake (1,540%)
- Portugal: Malassadas (Portuguese donuts) (1,414%), Milka Pralines (1,150%) and Dark Chocolate Ring (1,150%).
- Spain: Daegu (3,600%), white chocolate wafer bar (3,100%), carnival ears (fried fastry) (1,600%)
- Sweden: Golden Jelly Hearts (10,150%), LINDOR is soft enough (7,750%), Red Jelly Hearts (7,600%), and Noblesse Hearts (4,050%)
- Swiss: Pisco Sour (2,233%), chocolate heart (1,950%), Lindor Milk Balls (1,150%)
- thailand: Mint chocolate (2,550%)
- turkey: Strawberries covered with chocolate (3,750%), chocolate freszzles (1,250%), chocolate chip mini cookies (1,250%)
Food: A language of universal love
Strawberry and luxurious dinner with chocolate are popular all over the world, but Valentine’s Day food traditions are as diverse as the culture of celebrating them.
From the heart -shaped sweets in Canada to the Italian fried dessert or the British good meal fee, all countries bring a unique taste to the table.
This tradition reflects the unique identity of each culture formed by lifestyle preference and constantly changing global food trends.
One is clear in culture and nation. Food on Valentine’s Day is a language of universal love and connection, whether graceful indulgence or simple serious expressions.
Wondering what your Valentine’s Day food log reveals about you? Start searching and tracking MyfitnessPal app today.
*Note: Brazil does not celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th. Countries including India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, France, Chile, Belgium, Romania, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Morocco, Vietnam and Hong Kong do not seem to eat differently on February 14. Russia, China, Egypt, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine and Greece were recorded in each language and were not translated into this article.
On Valentine’s Day, posts that people eat around the world appeared for the first time on the MyfitnessPal blog.
