What's your favourite snack?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Do you prefer healthy, homemade snacks... or modern, packaged goodies?

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0:32.6	Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.
0:38.4	And I'm Beth. It seems people around the world are in love with snacks.
0:43.1	From old favourites like popcorn and crisps to new inventions like the chocolate sandwich.
0:49.5	Snacks are big business, with an estimated $1.5 trillion a year spent globally on snacking.
0:57.6	Let's listen as British food historian Annie Gray, an Argentinian chef Barbara Oyavari,
1:03.9	tell BBC World Service programme the food chain what they like to snack on between meals.
1:09.7	I like salted peanuts and I love a banana.
1:13.3	Preferably together, actually, I find that they hit the spot.
1:16.4	My favourite snack is called chippa.
1:18.6	It's a small round bun made with cassava, cheese, butter, milk and salt.
1:25.8	Barbara's favourite snack is a cheese bread called chipper.
1:29.8	While for Annie, it's the combination of peanuts and banana that hits the spot,
1:35.3	an idiom meaning that it's exactly what you want.
1:38.5	Neil, what's your favourite snack?
1:40.2	Well, I want to say something healthy, but actually, you know, I really love a bag of crisps.
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