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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

Comfort and joy: the welcome resurgence of rice pudding

Creamy rice pudding with cinnamon
Creamy rice pudding with cinnamon. Photograph: kajakiki/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Uncomfortable times call for comfort food. This winter, from restaurants to supermarkets and even social media, rice pudding is having a moment.

Sales of rice pudding are up at all the main food chains including 45% year on year at Aldi and 49% month-on-month at Ocado. Waitrose meanwhile reports a 54% increase in searches for tinned versions, while recipe searches are up 233%.

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