The true cost of cheap chicken

Nuggets, wings, drumsticks: chicken has gone from a rare treat, the centrepiece of a family meal, to a thoughtless snack. Data tracking Britain’s food purchases over the last six decades reveals that, as a nation, sales of chicken have increased by 70 per cent since the 1970s, whilst consumption of red meat has plunged by up to 81 per cent. More than 40 per cent of the meat we eat in Britain is chicken – making it our favourite meat.