Sour times: pickled onions enjoy revival as Britons think outside the jar

With sales up 12%, pickles are moving beyond traditional role as a side to become an ingredient in their own right

The humble pickled onion, long associated with classic pub culture, the ploughman’s lunch and cold festive buffets, is enjoying a revival as Britain’s appetite for pickles grows.

About 8.5m UK households bought pickled onions over the past year, according to the consumer data firm Worldpanel by Numerator, with particularly strong momentum in recent months.

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